Xie Jinhe estimated that Taiwan's tariffs would be 10-15%. Guo Zhengliang countered: Unless Taiwan does one thing, it is impossible for it to be lower than Japan and South Korea.

Guo Zhengliang pointed out that Trump knew that the 25% auto tariff on Japan was "completely unreasonable" because Japan's tariff on American cars was 0. The problem was that Japanese consumers did not buy American cars at all, but this was not caused by the tariffs, but because "Japanese cars are really better than American cars." In comparison, Trump's 32% auto tariff on Taiwan and 24% on South Korea, to be honest, "still makes some sense."