TAIWAN FURTHER RELAXES FOREIGN GOODS IMPORT CURBS Taiwan said it would soon relax import controls on some 400 foreign items, including stationery and books, in a further effort to allow trading partners, especially the U.S., Greater access to its markets. Taiwan announced the easing of import curbs on some 600 farm and industrial products last month, a Council for Economic Planning and Development spokesman told Reuters. He said the new move was intended to balance trade between Taiwan and its trading partners. The island's trade surplus reached a record 15.6 billion U.S. Dlrs last year, up from 10.62 billion in 1985. In January, Taiwan cut import tariffs on some 1,700 foreign products and allowed imports of U.S. Wine, beer and cigarettes. "We hope the measures will help reduce our trade surplus this year, especially with that of the U.S.," the spokesman said. Washington is pressing Taiwan to open its markets wider as a way of cutting its trade deficit with the island, which rose to 2.35 billion U.S. Dlrs in the first two months of 1987 from 1.87 billion in the year-earlier period.