The all-out expansion of export markets brought a rapid accumulation of wealth for the country, but at the same time the long-term policy of holding down the value of the NT dollar in order to support exports brought strong objections from Taiwan's main trading partners, particularly the US.
全力拓展出口，一方面國家財富快速累積，另一方面，長期、刻意地藉壓低台幣匯率來扶持出口的政策，卻也引起了貿易對手國﹘﹘特別是美國﹘﹘的嚴重抗議。