00:00A think tank has drastically raised its forecast for Taiwan's GDP growth this year,
00:05saying AI demand is more than enough to offset concerns over the Middle East.
00:10The Taiwan Research Institute now says the country's economy will grow 9.33 percent in
00:152026. That's up from 3.46 percent at the end of last year and in line with the government's
00:21May forecast of 9.64 percent. But the think tank warned that Taiwan's heavy reliance on tech
00:27means that any problems there will have an outsized impact on the broader economy.
00:31It called for more balanced industrial growth.
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