Taiwan probes four firms accused of helping China's Huawei

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TAIPEI, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Taiwan's government has opened an investigation into four companies named in a media report as conducting business with firms linked to U.S.-sanctioned Huawei (HWT.UL) in China, and is considering tighter rules on key technologies...

Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said the ministry would be looking into whether the firms' activities in China "matched up" with their initial investment approval from the island's government...

Wang also said Taiwan's government will soon unveil tighter rules on "key technologies", taking into account international practice, she added, without giving details...

While many Taiwanese tech companies, including chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW), have operations in China, Taiwan's government bans production of the most sensitive technology in the country and keeps a close watch on all its companies' tech investment there...

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