The secretary general of Taiwan's ruling DPP steps down following the failure of a mass recall campaign to unseat opposition Kuomintang lawmakers. The U.S. reaches a framework trade agreement with the European Union, with a 15% tariff rate on most EU goods. And Taiwan's business community wants its government to hurry up and reach a trade deal with the U.S. ahead of a looming deadline..
Also in today's show:
-China faces criticism after pressuring a choral competition in Tokyo to change the nationality of an Indigenous Taiwanese choir.
-Taiwan races to build a space launch supply chain, with a new launch facility opening in southern Pingtung County.
-An aquaculturist in central Taiwan has become popular for breeding and selling designer varieties of clownfish.
