TAIPEI -- Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te on Friday said his administration will kick off a broad initiative aimed at expanding investment and procurement in the U.S., as he looks to level out the two economies' trade balance and mitigate pressure from his counterpart Donald Trump.
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