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  • 3/24/2025
Taiwan's presidential office has ordered Taiwan's 2025 central government budget to be put into effect, following months of fighting over cuts to the original funding proposal in the legislature.
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00:00The presidential office has ordered Taiwan's 2025 central government budget to be put into effect.
00:06It follows months of fighting in the legislature after opposition lawmakers made sweeping cuts
00:11and freezes to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's proposed funding bill.
00:16Those have affected everything from Taiwan's defense budget to subsidies for its state-owned power utility.

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