Lai pledges to raise Taiwan's defense spending to over 3% of GDP

President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) said Friday that his government would aim to increase defense spending to 3 percent of Taiwan's gross domestic product (GDP) this year, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump again threatened tariffs on Taiwanese semiconductors.

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