Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/05/01
By: Rita Cheng, Frances Huang, Liao Yu-yang and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, May 1 (CNA) The White House announced on Monday it will extend a temporary

exemption from additional tariffs on steel and aluminum for Canada, Mexico and the European Union, but Taiwan received no such exemption.

John Deng (鄧振中), Taiwan’s top trade negotiator, told CNA Tuesday that the government needs a few days to determine why the U.S. government decided not to place Taiwan on the exemption list and will continue to work with the U.S. to secure an exemption.

Deng led a delegation to the U.S. in March to discuss possible alternatives to the tariffs and noted in his interview that the government is still exchanging opinions with the U.S. on the issue.

The White House granted Canada, Mexico and the EU a 30-day extension to a temporary exemption from the tariffs for further negotiations. The temporary exemption previously granted to the three economies expired on April 30, after a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and a 10 percent tariff on imported aluminum were imposed in early March.
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