Taipei, July 8 -- Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs, Kuo Jyh-huei, on Monday said the negotiations on the tariff between the United States and Taiwan are still going on, reports Focus Taiwan.

According to Focus Taiwan, the minister told reporters at the Legislative Yuan that "The negotiation is still underway" after being asked whether he was optimistic about the trade negotiations.

The U.S has earlier announced provisional 32-per-cent tariffs on Taiwanese goods, which could take effect in less than a month if tariff negotiations fail.

In April, U.S. President Donald Trump paused the measure for 90 days and introduced a 10 per cent baseline duty instead. This decision came after Trump announced sweeping import duties on trading par...