Tariff negotiations with the US would continue, said Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun (鄭麗君), who led a delegation to Washington for a fourth round of trade talks, upon her return to Taiwan yesterday.
“We will keep working hard to secure better tariff rates,” Cheng said in response to questions about the results of tariff talks.
She arrived in Taiwan at 5:21am on an EVA Airways flight from the US.
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Cheng made the remarks after the White House on Friday announced a 20 percent tariff on Taiwan, lower than the initial 32 percent tariff, but higher than the 15 percent levied on trade competitors such as Japan and South Korea.
Following notification of the levy on Taiwanese goods, President William Lai (賴清德) wrote on Facebook that the new round of tariff negotiations had achieved a “phased result.”
Final talks have yet to be concluded, so a definitive tariff rate has not yet been determined, Lai said, adding that the 20 percent rate was only “tentative.”
A Taiwan-US economic and trade task force led by Cheng also said that the tariff was only “temporary,” because Taipei and Washington had not concluded talks by the Friday deadline.
The two sides are planning the next round of talks, it said.
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