President Trump’s announcement on Thursday of a new tariff rate of 20 percent on Taiwan’s exports to the United States comes when ties between Taipei and Washington are already particularly strained.

President Donald Trump is imposing a 20% duty on Taiwan’s exports to the US, in what the cabinet in Taipei called a “temporary” rate it expects to be reduced once the two sides reach an agreement after talks.

Taiwan vowed on Friday to seek a lower tariff after Donald Trump imposed a “temporary” 20 percent levy on its shipments to the United States as part of his trade war. The US president’s announcement was part of a sweep of measures — reaching 41 percent — against dozens of global partners as they scrambled for deals with Washington to avert the