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On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the Presidential Office held a press conference over tea with the heads of the five branches of the central government, the Yuans. President Lai Ching-te personally invited all five of the government officials to the event, including Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu and Premier Cho Jung-tai. In his remarks, Lai thanked Han for proposing the Chinese character “hua,” meaning transformation, as a key direction for discussions. He voiced hope that ruling and opposition parties would reconcile and take a step forward together to face internal and external challenges. Let’s hear from Lai and Han.
Lai Ching-te
President
I am very grateful for Speaker Han Kuo-yu. Even before he arrived, he brought up the character “hua,” meaning transformation as a key direction for today’s event. It is a pity that we missed up on so many opportunities to get together last year. But now that a new year has started, we must make the most of this opportunity, especially as Taiwan faces many domestic and international challenges. We must move toward transforming misunderstanding into understanding, transforming differences into unity, transforming personal interests into national interests, and transforming hostility into peace.
Han Kuo-yu
Legislative Speaker
Even in the midst of strong political camps and intense conflict, we all have a warm and humane side. I think today’s press event serves as a very good example for that, and sets a good precedent for the future. The president, the premier and the heads of the other Yuans are very concerned about the central government’s general budget and the military procurement budget. There are many conflicts and misunderstandings that have yet to be resolved. That’s especially the case for the unpleasantness that surrounds interactions between ruling and opposition parties. I invited President Lai Ching-te to come to the Legislative Yuan in person and speak to lawmakers and the people of our country. He accepted my invitation gladly.
Over the Lunar New Year break, the US Supreme Court ruled that the global tariffs that President Donald Trump had imposed were unconstitutional. Within hours of the ruling, the Trump administration announced a 10% tariff on imports from all countries, a rate which was later raised to 15%. Premier Cho says that he had been engaging with the US during the holidays with the goal of ensuring that Taiwan maintains its rates as “most favored nation,” and also that Taiwan would still enjoy most favorable treatment under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act.
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