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Taiwan Aims to Strike US Trade Deal in New Round of Talks

Shipping containers stacked at the Port of Keelung in Taiwan.Photographer: I-Hwa Cheng/Bloomberg

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By Miaojung Lin and Yian Lee

July 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM UTC

Updated on

July 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM UTC

Taiwan’s trade negotiators have arrived in the US for talks aimed at clinching a trade deal with President Donald Trump’s team and averting a threatened 32% tariff.

“At this very moment, Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun and the negotiation team are in Washington, DC, conducting the fourth round of face-to-face tariff talks,” President Lai Ching-te said in a statement Wednesday, vowing to both deepen relations while safeguarding Taiwan’s own interests.