台湾经济部长孔明新周四表示,如果对人工智能应用的需求继续激增,明年台湾经济可能增长3%以上,并提供了比之前预测更乐观的前景。据路透社报道,龚在台北接受记者采访时表示,他“非常乐观”地认为,在人工智能相关产业快速扩张的推动下,2026年的增长率可能会超过3%。上个月,台湾央行预测,明年台湾经济将增长2.68%,低于2025年的4.55%,理由是美国对台湾出口关税的影响,目前设定为20%。台湾是主要的半导体生产商,也是世界上最大的合同芯片制造商台积电的所在地,为英伟达和其他公司供货,推动了全球人工智能的繁荣。政府仍在与美国谈判,寻求降低目前不包括半导体的关税。
Taiwan’s economy could grow by more than 3% next year if demand for artificial intelligence (AI) applications continues to surge, Economic Affairs Minister Kung Ming-hsin said on Thursday, offering a more optimistic outlook than previous forecasts. Speaking to reporters in Taipei, Kung said he was “quite optimistic” that growth in 2026 could exceed 3%, driven by the rapid expansion of AI-related industries, Reuters reported. Last month, Taiwan’s central bank projected the economy would grow 2.68% next year, down from an estimated 4.55% for 2025, citing the impact of US tariffs on Taiwanese exports, currently set at 20%. Taiwan, a major semiconductor producer and home to the world’s largest contract chipmaker, TSMC, supplies Nvidia and other firms, fueling the global AI boom. The government remains in talks with the United States to seek a reduction in the tariffs, which currently exclude semiconductors.