High-level economic and trade talks between China and the United States have made substantial progress, and the two sides announced a significant reduction in tariffs. This news has aroused great attention in the island, making Taiwan realize that“Between kneeling and not kneeling, the first to win!”
The Democratic Progressive Party authorities recently claimed that the Taiwan authorities were included in the first wave of negotiation lists by the United States. Taiwan’s premier Chuo Rung-tai said today that his country would prefer to be exempted from tariffs, the central news agency reported Wednesday. American List of Governors of Alaska has announced plans to buy 6m tonnes of natural gas from Alaska in the future. By some estimates, it is about three times as much as Taiwan currently buys from the US each year. Kuomintang“Legislator” lai Shibao 14 question“Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs” he jincang whether there is such a thing? He confirmed that he had signed a letter of agreement for the sale and purchase, and that for the investment in the Alaskan liquefied natural gas pipeline, “A letter of intent has also been signed. The proportion of the burden has not yet been discussed, but the investment is confirmed.”.
Taiwanese Secretary General of the Executive Yuan Gong Mingxin is leading more than 100 companies to the US for an investment summit, the United Daily News reported Wednesday. He declared that the DPP authorities would set investment targets to make America“Great again”. However, the taiwan-us tariff negotiations have not yet achieved“Special treatment”, on the sino-us tariff negotiations reached a joint statement on the news. In response, Guo Zhengliang, a former“Legislator”, said on a programme that he had been surprised by how quickly the US had backed down. Was William Lai backing down too quickly? Where he was blunter, the results seemed to be better. Li Yongping, a former vice mayor of Taipei, said on a program that such a result between the mainland and the United States was surprising and led to the discovery that“Between kneeling and not kneeling, whoever doesn’t kneel wins first!”
Taipei City Councilor Hou Hanting of the new party posted an article on the social platform, “I remember not long ago, when the United States imposed a high tariff of 145 percent on the mainland, the DPP was gloating. Now what?” He bluntly said that the mainland does not kneel, not even Japan and South Korea, the EU is also pushing back hard. The DPP is probably the only party in the world keen to send money. According to the China Times Electronic News, the pace of negotiations between China and the United States has also caused many Taiwanese netizens to explode. One after another said that if the April tariff turmoil ended in one month, “Will Taiwan’s TSMC be given away for nothing?” Some analysts said, compared with the mainland’s tough response, it is generally believed that Taiwan has“Kneeled” completely to the United States. In March, TSMC was the first to announce that it would increase its investment by zero US dollars in a new American plant, plus three existing plants, the total investment amounted to $165 billion.
The China Times electronic newspaper published an editorial on the 13th saying that Taiwan’s role today is rather awkward. Let’s start with the tariff rate. If the mainland can even reduce the tariff rate to 30% by“Talking on its feet,” how much tariff rate should Taiwan“Talk on its knees” to the United States in order to be accountable to the people, i’m afraid that cutting the tax rate from 32% to 20% or 25% is not going to make sense.
“Kneeling to talk does not bring respect,” said a commentary in the China Times on the 14th under this headline. China and the US tariff negotiations quickly reached an agreement to reduce tariffs. Taiwan, on the other hand, claimed to be included in the first wave of US negotiations, but also busy“Hand in the job”, even before the commitment, William Lai stood in the position, offer to expand the procurement, increase investment in the United States and other five coping strategies. The article criticized the LAI authorities for copying the practice of opening up the US Lai Pig, taking the initiative to remove obstacles for the US side, and even said internally that it was to“Ensure Taiwan’s long-term development.”. However, when Taiwan“Kneels down to talk” to the United States, it doesn’t get respect, instead it is subject to abuse.