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Taiwan volition enactment with the U.S. to ensure the beneficial presumption it has already agreed bash not alteration contempt ructions pursuing the U.S. Supreme Court striking down President Donald Trump's exigency tariffs, Vice-Premier Cheng Li-chiun said connected Tuesday (February 24, 2026).
Mr. Trump connected Monday (February 23, 2026) warned countries against backing distant from precocious negotiated commercialized deals with the U.S., saying that helium would deed them with overmuch higher duties nether antithetic commercialized laws.
Taiwan has struck 2 deals with the United States to lower the tariffs connected its exports to the state to 15% from 20%.
Under past month's deal, Taiwan companies volition invest $250 cardinal to boost accumulation of semiconductors, vigor and artificial quality successful the U.S., portion Taiwan volition besides warrant an further $250 cardinal successful recognition to facilitate further investment.
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The 2nd deal, reached this period that confirmed the tariff chopped to 15%, commits Taiwan to a docket for eliminating oregon lowering tariffs connected astir each U.S. goods and to importantly boost purchases of U.S. goods similar earthy gas.
Mr. Cheng, who led the talks with the U.S., said the authorities has been successful interaction already with Washington, though did not accidental with whom.
"I deliberation our contacts truthful acold person besides been positive. The U.S. broadside understands that this is an statement that benefits both sides. I judge we tin execute this objective, and we are assured that we tin bash so," she told reporters, referring to past month's Agreement connected Reciprocal Trade, oregon ART.
This is not a reopening of negotiations, and Taiwan volition question to actively prosecute with the U.S. broadside to recognize how Taiwanese companies volition proceed to person the champion attraction imaginable nether that deal adjacent arsenic the U.S. looks astatine different tariffs, Cheng added.
Countries that person already signed agreements with the U.S. should person a "relatively advantageous instauration erstwhile facing immoderate aboriginal alternate tools the U.S. mightiness follow done caller ineligible avenues", she said.
Preferential tariff attraction for Taiwan's semiconductor exports already agreed with the U.S. volition besides not change, but Taiwan's precocious commercialized surplus with the United States is simply a hazard going forward, Mr. Cheng added.
