The US will not “punish” Taiwan’s world-leading semiconductor sector with high tariffs, a minister has said, adding that Taipei would help the US learn from the industrial model that turned it into a chipmaking powerhouse.
台湾一位部长级官员表示，美国不会以高关税“惩罚”世界领先的台湾半导体行业，并表示台北方面将帮助美国从台湾赖以成为芯片制造领军者的产业模式中学习经验。
“They understand that punishing Taiwan is not in their interests,” Wu Cheng-wen, who oversees Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Council told the Financial Times, adding that Taipei and Washington had reached a “consensus” that Taiwan would support the development of the US chip industry in exchange for tariff relief.
“他们明白，惩罚台湾对他们并没有什么好处，”台湾“国家科学及技术委员会”(National Science and Technology Council)主任吴诚文告诉英国《金融时报》。他还表示，台北和华盛顿方面已达成“共识”，台湾将支持美国芯片行业的发展，换取美方减轻关税。
The comments from Wu come as Taiwan is seeking to finalise a tariff deal with the US, and is awaiting the conclusion of a US national security investigation that could result in levies on its crucial semiconductor sector, led by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
吴诚文发表这番言论之际，台湾正寻求与美国敲定一项关税协议，并且正在等候美国一项国家安全调查作出定论，该调查的结果可能导致台湾至关重要的半导体行业——以台积电(TSMC)为首——被加征关税。