‘UNACCEPTABLE’: Tsai Ing-wen said that the best way to avoid becoming ensnared in the US-China trade dispute would be to bring Taiwanese firms back to the nation
Taipei Times
Date: May 07, 2019
By: Su Yung-yao, Wang Jung-hsiang and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday spoke out against a proposal by Kaohsiung
A “Made in Taiwan” New York Police Department sticker is pictured in Tainan on Nov. 3 last year. Photo: Wang Chieh, Taipei Times
Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) to establish a free economic zone in the city, saying it could cause Chinese goods to be mistaken for Taiwanese goods.
If a free economic zone made it unclear whether US-bound goods were Taiwanese or Chinese, the effect on Taiwan from the US-China trade dispute would be greater than elsewhere, so the government is opposed to a free economic zone, Tsai said.
The US-China trade dispute could affect the entire global economy if not reined in, she said.
Trump on Sunday said that he was considering increasing tariffs on US$200 billion of Chinese goods in response to slow negotiations.
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