Manufacturers' sales fell in 2019 but R&D spending hit 5-year high

Taiwanese manufacturers saw a sales drop of almost 3 percent in 2019, amid a trade war between the United States and China, but their spending on research and development (R&D) rose to a five-year high, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

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