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Taiwan will be included in the first group of countries to hold talks with the United States regarding tariffs, President Lai Ching-te announced on Friday.
Lai assured that Taiwan would be well-prepared for the upcoming discussions, which are a part of the broader global tariff negotiations led by the U.S.
In his comments to business leaders in Taichung, Taiwan, Lai emphasized that the country is committed to strengthening economic and trade cooperation with the U.S. and sees the tariff talks as an opportunity to further these ties. Taiwan, a major producer of semiconductors, was initially set to face 32% tariffs as part of U.S. President Donald Trump's broader push to ramp up pressure on China.
The U.S. has recently announced a temporary reduction in the tariffs it imposed on dozens of countries, while focusing additional pressure on China. Nearly 70 countries, including Taiwan, have already reached out to the U.S. to begin negotiations on tariffs, with discussions expected to intensify in the coming weeks.
In a separate statement, President Lai suggested using zero tariffs as a basis for the talks with the U.S., offering to increase Taiwan's investments in the U.S. and buy more American goods as part of a potential agreement.
As Taiwan continues to face growing military and political pressure from China, which claims the island as its own territory, the U.S. remains Taiwan's most important international backer and arms supplier, despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties. Taiwan’s government has consistently rejected Beijing's claims, affirming that only the island’s people can decide their future.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
The 7th Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan has concluded in Russia with participants issuing a joint statement heavily hinting at a joint opposition to any foreign military infrastructure in Afghanistan.
Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges, and his lawyer said he would file a barrage of legal challenges to the first prosecution by the Justice Department against one of President Donald Trump's political enemies.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to attend a ministerial meeting in Paris on Thursday with representatives of Europe, the Arab world and other nations to discuss Gaza's post-conflict transition, according to three diplomatic sources.
Germany will grant police the power to shoot down rogue drones like those that have disrupted airports across Europe and that some European leaders have attributed to a hybrid war being waged by Russia.
Czech Republic election winner ANO hopes to conclude negotiations with two small parties on forming a new government by the beginning of November, party leader Andrej Babis said on Wednesday (8 October).
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