Taiwan Aims to Strike US Trade Deal in New Round of Talks (1)

Taiwan’s trade negotiators have arrived in the US for talks aimed at clinching a trade deal with President Donald Trump’s team and averting a threatened 32% tariff.

“At this very moment, Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun and the negotiation team are in Washington, DC, conducting the fourth round of face-to-face tariff talks,” President Lai Ching-te said in a statement Wednesday, vowing to both deepen relations while safeguarding Taiwan’s own interests.

The vice premier and trade negotiator Yang Jen-ni are striving to reach a deal in this round of talks, a person familiar with the matter said, asking not to be ...