On March 10, 2026, the US International Trade Commission (USITC) announced the launch of a Section 337 investigation targeting 20 automotive parts manufacturers across Taiwan, China, and the US. The probe follows a lawsuit filed by General Motors (GM) and includes 10 leading Taiwanese aftermarket (AM) suppliers such as Tong Yang Industry, DEPO Auto Parts, and Gordon Auto Body Parts. This unexpected patent litigation has come as a shock to Taiwan’s automotive collision parts exporters, and also signals a shifting competitive landscape in the global automotive supply chain.

To align with the industry trend of hardware-software integration, industrial PC (IPC) maker Flytech has invested in AI software development since 2019. After years of development, its three software subsidiaries all delivered strong performances in 2025, boosting the related revenue share from 0.1% in 2023 to about 2%, a more than 20-fold increase.

The Industrial Technology Research Institute and the Taiwan Space Industry Development Association signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK aerospace industry association ADS Group at the 2026 Space-Comm Expo in the UK, marking a new milestone in Taiwan-UK space cooperation following the September 2025 Taiwan-UK Space Industry Roundtable Forum.

Rack-level delivery becomes a mainstream trend in cloud AI compute; MediaTek joins TPU design, influencing Taiwan’s IC design status.