Forward-looking‧Professional‧International 
March 2019  
Potential settlement in US China trade talk sheds light on weary business environment
TIER composite indicator for manufacturing increases due to international optimism in resolving US China conflicts
The trade talk between the US and China is approaching a temporary truce, whereas such progress has helped dismiss the global economic uncertainty to some extent. The Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) issued its most recent composite indicators for manufacturing and service. The manufacturing indicator goes up due to the international optimism in resolving the conflicts between the US and China. Nevertheless, the service indicator goes down because of fewer working days when cerebrating the lunar new year in February 2019.
Taiwan's exports in February 2019 decreased by 8.77% compared with the same month of 2018. Regarding imports, Taiwan's imports in February 2019 decreased by 19.7% compared with imports in February 2018. On the cumulated basis, exports and imports of January and February this year gave a trade surplus of US$ 5.83 billion or decreased by 4.09% on a y-o-y basis.
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