Trade team heads to US for tariff talksBACK AT IT: In the sixth round of in-person talks, Taipei aims to expand the ‘Taiwan model’ within US supply chains and seek a more favorable investment environmentStaff writer, with CNATaiwan’s trade negotiation team, led by Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun (鄭麗君) and chief trade negotiator Minister Without Portfolio Yang Jen-ni (楊珍妮), has departed for the US for a new round of in-person trade talks that officials say are in the final stages, the Cabinet said yesterday. The delegation left Taiwan late on Wednesday after coordinating with its US counterparts, the Cabinet’s Taiwan-US trade working group said. Following the talks, the two sides are expected to announce the substance of any consensus reached, the group said. The meetings, the sixth round of in-person trade negotiations between Taiwan and the US, are to be held amid reports that the two sides are close to reaching a trade agreement. Washington imposed a 25 percent tariff on certain AI chips, such as the Nvidia H200, under a new national security order released by the White House.

Source: Taipei Times January 15, 2026 17:12 UTC