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The United States and Taiwan have reached an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade that will strengthen their economic and trade relationship and provide mutual benefit to both territories, while also facilitating significant expansion and growth to U.S. manufacturing through substantial tariff reductions, removal of non-tariff barriers, investments, and procurement in key sectors and products.
The Taiwan side will eliminate or reduce 99 percent of tariff barriers. The Taiwan side will provide preferential market access for U.S. agricultural exports, including horticultural products, wheat, beef and beef products, dairy products, pork and pork products, lamb and sheep meat, tree nuts, dog and cat food, ketchup, and peanuts.
The Taiwan side has committed to resolve and prevent non-tariff barriers to U.S. agricultural exports, including beef, pork, poultry, and processing potatoes. It will also work with the U.S. side to complete the regulatory process to allow bison meat into Taiwan.
According to the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), U.S. pork has been widely disadvantaged in Taiwan, and the EU and Canada dominate Taiwan’s pork imports. USMEF is optimistic that reducing both tariffs and non-tariff barriers will help enable larger U.S. pork exports to Taiwan, as USMEF remains focused on regaining Taiwanese consumer trust in U.S. pork.
February 13, 2026/ Office of the United States Trade Representative and USMEF/ United States.
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https://www.usmef.org/
