By Faith Hung and Roger Tung

TAIPEI, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s exports grew more than expected and logged their fastest growth in 15-1/2 years in November, as worldwide ‍demand for the island’s chips and artificial intelligence (AI) technology remained robust heading into the end of the year.

Taiwan’s exports have had uninterrupted gains for over two years, jumping 56% in November from a year earlier to $64.05 billion for a 25th consecutive monthly gain, the finance ‌ministry said on Tuesday, topping a 41.1% increase ‌forecast by economists in a Reuters poll.

In November, exports hit a record amount in dollar terms and recorded their fastest growth since May 2010.

The strong showing came even though Taiwan’s exports to the U.S. are subject to a 20% tariff, which Taipei is in talks to

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