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An ECFA will destroy middle class: TSU head
27-Jun-2010 Taipei Times
"How will Taiwan survive if our export-oriented industries relocate to China and our domestic market-oriented companies are replaced because of competition from Chinese products?" asks the head of Taiwan Solidarity Union.
Taiwan-China: No such thing as a free trade
26-Jun-2010 The Economist
Economic success has not trickled down to many Taiwanese, and for them the ECFA is an abstract idea of frighteningly radical engagement with China, writes The Economist
Tens of thousands rally in Taiwan against China pact
26-Jun-2010 AFP
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Taipei on Saturday as Taiwan prepares to seal a major trade deal with Beijing that opponents fear is a step towards Chinese control.
ECFA to be signed amid optimism, concerns
25-Jun-2010
Taiwan and China finalized details of a key trade pact Thursday to cut export tariffs and allow more market access to each other, but Taiwan’s opposition is planning a massive rally Saturday to protest the deal.
Taiwan, China finishing important trade pact
24-Jun-2010 AP
The deal, which is expected to be signed next week in Chongqing, ultimately ties Taiwan’s high-tech economy to China’s lucrative markets and paves the way for much closer political relations between the sides.
‘One-China’ policy stands; no FTA with Taiwan
22-Jun-2010 Manila Bulletin
Short of shooting down a proposed bilateral free trade agreement between Taiwan and the Philippines, Trade and Industry Secretary Jesli A. Lapus said the country’s “One-China” policy stands and that commercial relations between the two economies are adequately covered under the Philippines-Taiwan Joint Economic Conference.
Econometric unreality and Taiwan-PRC trade
22-Jun-2010 Taiwan News
A new econometric forecast by two US-based economists of the benefits that could accrue to Taiwan in the wake of the signing of the proposed China-Taiwan FTA ironically highlights the lack of utility of such findings in persuading Taiwan’s people to accept the touted pact.
Talk of the day — New model for cross-strait negotiations
14-Jun-2010 Focus Taiwan
A new model patterned after the Taiwan-US Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) will be introduced in negotiations across the Taiwan Strait
Opposition party to rally 100,000 against ECFA on June 26
14-Jun-2010 Taiwan News
Taiwan’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party will invite former President Lee Teng-hui to join 100,000 protesters at a June 26 rally against the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China, reports said yesterday.
ECFA cheers, but also worries, foreign investors
10-Jun-2010 Focus Taiwan
Foreign investors will be able to invest in mainland China via Taiwan under the protection of the economic cooperation framework agreement, well ahead of any deal with South Korea, the Taiwanese argue.
Taiwan claims right to sign FTAs as WTO member
8-Jun-2010
Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang said yesterday that Taiwan, as a WTO member, has the right to seek free trade deals with as many countries as it chooses, a move recently strongly opposed by China.
Taiwan to seek investment pacts before FTAs: minister
8-Jun-2010
Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang said Monday that Taiwan will adopt a "building blocks" approach to promote free trade agreements (FTAs) with other countries, beginning with investment guarantee pacts.
Taiwan says as WTO member, it has FTA rights
7-Jun-2010 Reuters
Taiwan’s economics minister said on Saturday that as a World Trade Organization member, Taiwan has the right to seek free trade deals with many partners, a move China opposes as the two work on a trade pact.
Taiwan president faces hurdles in key China deal
4-Jun-2010 AP
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou is facing domestic and Chinese hurdles in his pursuit of a key China trade pact that could bring about the closest relations between the longtime rivals since their split amid civil war in 1949.
Panel rejects request for national referendum on ECFA
4-Jun-2010 China Post
Taiwan’s Referendum Review Committee yesterday rejected a proposal to hold a national referendum on an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) that has yet to be signed between Taipei and Beijing.
ECFA early-harvest list may contain 500 items: Chinese official
4-Jun-2010 CENS
Mainland China may make a major concession in the talks for cross-Taiwan Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) by expanding the early-harvest list, or priority items for tariff cut or market opening, to 500 items rather than the expected 300.
Ma urges PRC not to block FTAs
3-Jun-2010 Taipei Times
Taiwan’s President Ma is in trouble after a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman says that Beijing would not allow Taiwan to sign trade deals with other countries, even after an ECFA is signed.
Taiwan foreign FTAs opposed
2-Jun-2010 Straits Times
Taiwan protested on Wednesday after China said it will object to foreign countries signing free trade agreements with the island, a blow to what Taipei officials see as a key driver to its US$390 billion economy.
Government’s ECFA referendum stance misleading: TSU
2-Jun-2010 Focus Taiwan
Taiwan authorities will decide Thursday on whether the ECFA referendum proposal is valid.
RP to explore bilateral pact with Taiwan
1-Jun-2010 PDI
The Philippines is exploring the possibility of forging a bilateral agreement with Taipei, with talks to start between the two governments this week at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation trade ministers’ meeting in Japan.