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Taiwan says US tariffs unreasonable, partly blames Trump policies for trade surplus

Taiwan said US tariffs levied on the island were unreasonable and it would discuss them with Washington.
The US tariffs do not apply to semiconductors, a major Taiwan export, but were driven by US tech curbs on China during Trump's first term, shifting orders to Taiwanese firms.
Taiwan's Cabinet said the unreasonable tariffs did not reflect the complementary trade structure between the two sides, with Taiwan contributing greatly to the US economy and national security.

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USA Today

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Taiwan, the center of the global supply chain for computer chips, woke up on Thursday to the news that President Trump had put new 32 percent tariffs on the island’s exports to the United States. Except for semiconductors. The decision not to impose tariffs on the chip sector does not mean they won’t be coming for Taiwan or anywhere else, including South Korea, another major source of chips. Taiwanese companies have spent decades and billions of…

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Taiwan says US tariffs unreasonable, partly blames Trump policies for trade surplus

Taiwan's government said on Thursday that U.S. tariffs levied on the island were unreasonable and it would discuss them with Washington, partly blaming U.S. tech curbs on China in President Donald Trump's first term for driving the trade imbalance.

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