
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's information technology sector, a closely watched bellwether of the global market, showed a 9.7% year-on-year increase in revenues for September. But signs of a slowdown are emerging as trade tensions between Washington and Beijing escalate.
At 1.22 trillion New Taiwan dollars ($39.5 billion), combined revenues at 19 key Taiwanese IT companies hit a record for a September. Growth continued for a seventh straight month.