Taiwan Feb export orders miss expectations, China, US weigh

Taiwan's export orders fell in February as fewer working days during the Lunar New Year holiday limited productivity, with the outlook clouded by geopolitical uncertainty and high interest rates despite robust demand for AI applications. Export orders last month fell 10.4% from a year earlier to $37.73 billion, hit by a sharp drop in orders from China and the United States. Orders for goods from Taiwan, home to tech giants such as chip manufacturer TSMC, are a bellwether of global technology demand.