"When I went to Beijing to negotiate," recalls Yeh, "I asked cadres in the foreign trade office to consider the impact of the tax on the electronics industry. Profit margins are at best 3-5 %. How can manufacturers afford to pay a 17 % import tax?"
「我到北京交涉時就問對外經辦的幹部們，以電子產業為例，再好賺，淨利也頂多三到五，哪裡繳得出來百分之十七增值稅？」