Lai made the remarks at a Lunar New Year tea gathering with Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) and the heads of the four other branches of government. Premier Cho Jung-tai speaks at a tea reception hosted by the Presidential Office in Taipei yesterday. Cho said separately yesterday that Taiwan aims to safeguard the most favored nation terms of a trade deal it signed with the US amid changes in its tariff policy announced on Friday last week. Even while the US Supreme Court decision was pending, Taiwan and the US signed the trade deal on Feb. 12, but it has not yet been ratified by the Legislative Yuan. “If law A does not work, it will switch to Laws B, C, D or E,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times February 23, 2026 17:13 UTC