Survey
Exclusive Top 2000 CEO Survey on the Economic Prospects of 2020
Nearly three of four CEOs of Taiwan’s 2000 biggest companies are pessimistic about the global economy in 2020 after a year of uncertainty, even with the apparent easing of the U.S.-China trade war. So why did nearly 60 percent of them, or a nine-year high, feel bullish about Taiwan’s investment environment in the coming year?
Industry
2020 Economic Forecast
“The money is returning!” As the global economy lays stagnant, and international organizations constantly make downward revisions to forecasts, Taiwan is suffused with an atmosphere of money in the air. After decades of flagging private investment, can Taiwan exploit this cutthroat competition between countries to once again forge economic prosperity?
Politics & Society
Rising demand from global supply chains for renewable energy has increased investment from various Taiwanese parts suppliers into green power. The enactment of environmental laws and the decrease in green energy costs both point to the possibility that 2020 will be the year when the Taiwanese renewable energy industry begins to grow exponentially.