{"id":144345,"date":"2026-01-16T13:23:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144345"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:23:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:23:48","slug":"taipei-hails-us-15-tariffs-home-run-despite-fears-over-us500-billion-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144345","title":{"rendered":"Taipei hails US 15% tariffs \u2018home run\u2019 despite fears over US$500 billion cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTaiwan has secured a US deal slashing export tariffs to 15 per cent after more than nine months of talks, with Taipei hailing the result as a \u201chome run\u201d that will put the island on an equal footing with Japan and South Korea.<br \/>\nBut observers and opposition parties have raised sharp concerns over Taiwan\u2019s commitment to invest up to US$500 billion in the United States in exchange for the tariff cut.<br \/>\nThe arrangement could hollow out Taiwan\u2019s industrial base \u2013 particularly its prized semiconductor&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3340216\/taipei-hails-us-15-tariffs-home-run-despite-fears-over-us500-billion-cost?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTaiwan has secured a US deal slashing export tariffs to 15 per cent after more than nine months of talks, with Taipei hailing the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144345"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}