Taiwan’s lawmakers passed the first reading of a bill to unfreeze 238 budget items. Opposition parties had previously blocked the spending, citing oversight concerns.
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00:00Taiwan's government is one step closer to regaining access to some of its frozen budget.
00:07Lawmakers passed the first reading of a bill to unfreeze 238 budget items, including for
00:12the Cabinet and for the Election Commission.
00:15Opposition parties had blocked parts of the spending plan earlier this year, demanding
00:19more oversight.
00:20At the same time, lawmakers also moved forward a 12.6 billion U.S. dollar tariff relief package
00:26for Taiwan's economy.