	taiwan says u s wants taiwan dollar to appreciate the united states wants taiwan s currency to appreciate faster to reduce taiwan s trade surplus with the u s a senior trade official said board of foreign trade director vincent siew told reporters on saturday u s officials told him in washington last week that unless taiwan allowed its dollar to rise faster it would face retaliation siew returned from washington on friday after the u s responded to taiwan s request to increase its textile export quotas by promising further talks in may taiwan s surplus with the u s hit a record billion u s dlrs in washington signed a three year accord with taipei last year limiting textile export growth to pct a year siew said the taiwan dollar had risen by about pct against the u s dollar since september it surged last week amid indications washington was seeking a major rise in its value it rose four cents against the u s dollar on saturday to close at western trade sources told reuters taiwan and the u s have been holding talks on the currency issue but added it is not clear how far washington wants to see the taiwan dollar rise reuter 
