Fan Chen-hung (范振鴻), president of Capital Investment Management Corp, said the decision should be seen as somewhat positive for the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s post-holiday reopening. The main beneficiaries, he said, were likely to be the stocks of non-tech manufacturers, including apparel and footwear producers. Overall, Fan said the court ruling would have only a limited influence on the local stock market, with investor sentiment likely to be more affected by how the market interprets the earnings report of chip giant Nvidia Corp scheduled to be released on Wednesday. It is not as simple as: “if the IEEPA fails, tariffs return to square one,” he said. The ART has reduced IEEPA tariffs to 15 percent, while Section 232 tariffs on Taiwanese exports have been reduced to 15 percent, Walters said.

Source: Taipei Times February 21, 2026 17:14 UTC