CCTV News: The United States announced an increase in tariffs on Taiwan. Lai Ching-te said that it would conduct so-called "trade negotiations" with the United States based on zero tariffs, which aroused widespread doubts in the Taiwan industry, believing that it will have a major impact on the island's agriculture, fishery, grassroots industries, etc. In response, at the regular press conference of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on April 30, spokesman Zhu Fenglian said that the DPP authorities' repeated mistakes will only make Taiwan more at the mercy of the United States and further damage Taiwan's economic development rights and interests and the interests and well-being of the Taiwanese people.
Zhu Fenglian: The United States has wielded the "tariff stick" to the world based on "America First", undermining the multilateral trading system, impacting the world economic order, and also making the so-called "return" and "new southward" policies promoted by the DPP authorities become laughing stocks. The DPP authorities not only do not correct their mistakes, but instead make mistakes again and again. They will promote the "decoupling and chain breaking" of cross-straits as bargaining chips for negotiations with the United States and a letter of loyalty to the United States. This will only make Taiwan more at slaughtered by the United States, and will only make it more convenient for the United States to hollow out Taiwan's advantageous industries and turn Taiwan into a dumping place for American agricultural products, and will only further damage Taiwan's economic development rights and interests and the interests and well-being of the Taiwanese people. "Taiwan independence" is a dead end and outsiders cannot rely on it. We welcome the island's industries and farmers and fishermen to come to the mainland to participate in exchanges, cooperation and integrated development. The mainland has a good economic foundation, strong resilience and great potential, and has a long-term improvement. It has always been the best choice for Taiwanese businessmen and compatriots to invest and start businesses and a strong backing for risks.
