Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/04/04
By: Liao Yu-yang, Chung Jung-feng and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, April 4 (CNA) Corporate leaders on Wednesday called on the Taiwan government

CNA file photo

to improve the domestic business environment to encourage China-based Taiwanese companies to relocate their investment after Washington published a list of Chinese imports that could be subject to additional tariffs, impacting Taiwanese businesses operating in the mainland.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on Tuesday unveiled a list of Chinese advanced technology imports targeted for U.S. tariffs to punish Beijing over its technology transfer policies.

The office has recommended a 25 percent duty covering 1,300 Chinese products be applied to about US$50 billion worth of goods and other actions be taken in response to policies that coerce American companies into transferring technology and intellectual property to domestic Chinese enterprises in exchange for access to the Chinese market.
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