TAIPEI: Taiwan vowed on Friday (Aug 1) to seek a lower tariff after Donald Trump imposed a "temporary" 20 per cent levy on its shipments to the United States as part of his trade war.

President Trump’s announcement on Thursday of a new tariff rate of 20 percent on Taiwan’s exports to the United States comes when ties between Taipei and Washington are already particularly strained.

Taiwan vowed on Friday to seek a lower tariff after Donald Trump imposed a “temporary” 20 percent levy on its shipments to the United States as part of his trade war. The US president’s announcement was part of a sweep of measures — reaching 41 percent — against dozens of global partners as they scrambled for deals with Washington to avert the