00:00Taiwan Vice Premier Zheng Lijun held a press conference on Monday
00:03on the 20% U.S. tariff on most U.S. goods
00:06and the ongoing talks with Washington.
00:09She says they're still trying to get the rate down,
00:11especially since existing tariff rates stacked on top of each other.
00:16目前,我们的对等关税暂时性的税率是20%,
00:20所以计算方式也就是原税率再加20%这样的计算方式.
00:27那我们举例,例如说水五金当中的水龙头,
00:32它的原税率是2.6%。
00:35那新适用的税率就会是2.6%,再加20%,也就是22.6%.
00:40Most of Taiwan's trade surplus with the U.S. comes from chip sales, roughly 90%.
00:44Chips remain exempt from tariffs until the U.S. Commerce Department
00:48finishes its Section 232 review, possibly this week.
00:53Zheng did address reports, including in the Washington Post,
00:55that the U.S. has been pushing countries like Taiwan
00:58to increase their defense spending
01:00or buy more American military equipment as part of trade deals.
01:04那我们未来的国防预算要达到预 GDP 3%以上这样的一个目标.
01:12所以在谈判过程当中,我方也向美方来表达
01:16我国赖总统已经公开宣誓我国国防预算的目标.
01:21所以在谈判当中就没有太多的进一步的讨论。
01:24The Vice Premier says once the deal is ready,
01:27it will be brought to the legislature,
01:30where lawmakers will have a chance
01:31to have their voices heard before they vote on it.
01:34Alex Chen and Chris Gorin in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.
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