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申論 1Please create a new headline and rewrite the following news into a shortnews paragraph of five sentences by your own words.(100 words in total)(30 分)TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- A small township in western Taiwan has suddenlyfound itself flooded with an order for 600 million socks after U.S. PresidentTrump announced that he was raising tariffs on a broad spectrum ofconsumer products from China earlier this month.On May 14, Trump announced that he would raise tariffs on US$200 billionworth of goods made in China from 10 percent to 25 percent. The list ofitems covered by the tariffs included everything from agricultural andlivestock products. Major shoe brands which sell to the U.S. market such asNike and Adidas issued an open letter to Trump warning that increased costswould be passed on to consumers because 70 percent of shoes imported intothe U.S. come from China.Behind the scenes, however, bills of lading have started to flood into othercountries, including Taiwan. Just a week after Trump announced the newtariffs, an order was placed for 300 million pairs of socks for manufacturers inthe tiny township of Shetou in Changhua County, reported CommonWealthMagazine.The township of Shetou, with a population of only 40,000, is so well knownfor its sock factories that a local saying goes, “There are three things inabundance in Shetou: guavas, socks, and chairmen.” In its heyday, thetownship churned out tens of billions of Taiwan dollars worth of socks.However, in recent years, a free trade agreement between the U.S. and SouthKorea and competition from China started to squeeze out local manufacturers.Fortunately, it appears that the intensifying trade war between the U.S. andChina is giving sockmakers in Shetou a new lease on life.Wei Ping-i(魏平儀), chairman of the Taiwan Hosiery Manufacturers’Association, told CommonWealth Magazine that he received an order from atrading company last week asking for 300 million pairs of socks for the U.S.market, which had originally been meant for producers in China. Thecustomer is desperately looking for manufacturers outside of China andTaiwan is one the countries they are looking to now, said Wei.Wei excitedly told the magazine, “Although Taiwan may no longer be thecheapest, it still has strong production and distribution capabilities. The 300million socks can be entirely eaten [produced] by Taiwan.” Wei added thatbecause none of his association members have investments in China, theyare actually able to benefit from the U.S.-China trade war.