minister of economic affairs warns taipei to avoid super 301 - commenting on 3 march on u.s. moves to revive super article 301 against japan and other countries , minister of economic affairs chiang ping-kun said that even though the article is aimed at japan , and despite the fact that taiwan 's foreign trade surplus against the united states declined in 1993 to $ 6.76 billion from a peak of $ 16 billion , the not-too-open taiwan market may still make it a possible u.s. target .