00:00Taiwan's cabinet has promised more government support for its manufacturing and agricultural
00:05industries, two industries which are expected to be hit hard if the U.S. falls through on new
00:10tariffs. On Wednesday, Trump announced a 90-day pause to the so-called reciprocal tariffs except
00:16on China, putting a halt to tariffs of 32% on Taiwan, although a flat tariff of 10% is still
00:23in place. Taiwan's President Lai Xingde says the country will be in the first round of discussions
00:27with the U.S. as countries clamor to negotiate with the U.S. and get tariffs retracted. Lai has
00:33proposed a zero-tariff basis, suggesting Taiwan would buy more U.S. goods and invest more to even
00:39out the U.S.'s trade deficit. Taiwan's Premier asked for support from the legislature for these
00:44discussions, but opposition legislators are concerned that Taiwan may be playing too nice
00:49with the U.S.
00:57While Taiwan hopes to get on with talks with the U.S. as soon as possible, it will need
01:16to balance its relations with its closest unofficial ally and the interests of Taiwanese people to ease
01:23economic uncertainties abroad and at home. Chris Ma and Tiffany Wong in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.
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