TAIPEI, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai

said on Tuesday he had "no information" about any cooperation

with South Korea on U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on

semiconductors, adding that Taiwan was conducting talks only

with the United States.

South Korea's trade minister said on Monday he saw room for

cooperation with Taiwan on Trump's tariffs on chips. U.S.

officials are privately saying they might not levy long-promised

semiconductor tariffs soon, potentially delaying a centrepiece

of Trump's economic agenda, Reuters reported last week.

"There is no such information (about cooperation with South

Korea), but we have taken note of this kind of news," Cho told

lawmakers in parliament in Taipei.

Taiwan's trade negotiators are only conducting one-on-one

talks with the United States at present, he said, adding that he

hoped Taiwan's industrial supply chain could cooperate more with

countries around the world that are complementary to Taiwan.

Taiwan's exports to the United States are currently subject

to a 20% tariff, which the government is in talks to reduce,

though the tariffs do not apply to semiconductors.

Cho said there is relatively more "benign" competition

between Taiwan and South Korea in high-tech fields as well as in

chip manufacturing and other advanced processes.

Taiwan is home to TSMC, the world's largest

contract chipmaker, while major South Korean chipmakers include

Samsung Electronics ( SSNLF ) and SK Hynix.

(Reporting by Roger Tung and Ben Blanchard; Editing by

Muralikumar Anantharaman)