Taiwan dollar rises at fastest pace in decades, threatening tech profits

Currency surges over 4% on Monday morning as Taipei seeks US tariff deal

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A teller poses with U.S. dollar and New Taiwan dollar notes in Taipei. Should the Taiwan dollar rise 10%, listed companies' gross margins would shrink 4% to 5%, one analyst says. © Reuters

LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG

TAIPEI -- Taiwan's tech supply chain is bracing as the local currency surges in value against the greenback, just as President Lai Ching-te's administration negotiates to lower the U.S. "reciprocal" tariff on the trade-reliant economy.

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