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Taiwan renames trade pact
The four-letter acronym of a proposed trade pact has sparked such a storm in Taiwan that the government had to change its name.
Activists demand referendum on CECA proposal
Alliance of Referendum for Taiwan representative Tsay Ting-kuei said that if Taiwan signs a CECA under the “one China” principle, the agreement would symbolize Taiwan’s surrender to China.
Taiwan pursuing free trade pacts with ASEAN states
Taiwan is pushing for bilateral free trade agreements with individual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members as a more feasible way for the country to participate in regional economic integration
Taiwan, China negotiating a landmark free-trade sgreement
Taiwan and China are negotiating a wide-ranging free-trade agreement that represents an important step toward the possibility of unification of the longtime adversaries.
Taiwan must not fall into PRC’s CECA trap
The right-wing Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) government is now preparing to literally give away the power to make or break Taiwan’s economy and officially surrender Taiwan’s sovereignty to the hostile People’s Republic of China.
Cross-strait pacts may violate WTO rules: Taiwan’s ex-envoy
Taiwan’s former permanent representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Yen Ching-chang said yesterday that the signing of a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) between Taiwan and China may not be consistent with WTO principles.
Taiwan Solidarity Union rejects China’s latest olive branch as ‘old trick’
The proposed signing of a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement with China will force Taiwan to follow the Hong Kong and Macau model, which will ultimately downgrade Taiwan to the level of a local government, subordinate to Beijing, says the pro-independence Taiwan Solidarity Union
MAC chairwoman says Taiwan should not sign CEPA with China
Taiwan and China should not be signing a Closer Economic Partnership Agreement such as the one between Beijing and Hong Kong, Mainland Affairs Council chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan said yesterday.
US senators write to Taiwan President Ma over meat trade issue
Two influential American senators have written to Republic of China President Ma Ying-jeou expressing "deep concern" about what they describe as "continued Taiwanese barriers to US agricultural products." Taiwan allows only imports of US boneless beef from cattle under 30 months of age because of concerns about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease.
Ma calls for signing FTA between Taiwan and Peru
Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou expressed the hope of signing a free trade agreement (FTA) with Peru to enhance bilateral trade, in an interview with a Peruvian business newspaper published Tuesday.
Beef import takes precedent over other U.S.-Taiwan issues: MOFA
The promotion of bilateral economic and trade talks between Taiwan and the United States will be hampered if the issue of a comprehensive opening of the Taiwan market to U.S. beef is not resolved, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Tuesday.
Hong Kong shows CEPA bad for Taiwan
In the wake of the resumption of cross-strait dialogue, officials of both Taiwan’s restored right-wing Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) government and the Chinese Communist Party-ruled People’s Republic of China have touted plans for the signing of a "closer economic partnership agreement" between the two sides. Largely absent from the debate has been concrete discussion of the experience of Hong Kong.
Vice president touts benefits of Taiwan-ASEAN free trade pact
Vice President Vincent Siew said Saturday that a free trade agreement between Taiwan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would be mutually beneficial in terms of economic development as well as regional peace and stability.
Taiwan wants FTA with EU
Taiwan’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Yiin Chii-ming, said yesterday that Taiwan wants an FTA with the EU.
Taipei aims to throttle Taiwan-Dominican Free Trade Deal
Taiwan president Ying Jeou Ma today said he’s interested in accelerating talks for a Free Trade Agreement with Dominican Republic, for which his country’s representatives were already instructed to expedite them.
Taiwan-Honduras free trade pact goes into effect
Taiwan’s free trade agreement (FTA) with Honduras has gone into effect, further expanding trade ties between Taipei and Tegucigalpa, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
Ma Ying-jeou proposes signing cross-Strait economic agreement
President-elect Ma Ying-jeou has proposed signing a general cross-Taiwan Strait economic agreement to address cross-Strait economic issues, including investments by Taiwanese financial institutions in China, investments protection, and avoidance of double taxation.
Singapore offers FTA pact
President-elect Ma Ying-jeou has expressed his wish to resume talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) with Singapore under the name the island uses at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Singapore says FTA with Taiwan possible, without politics
Singapore Saturday expressed optimism about enhanced economic cooperation with Taiwan as long as issues involving trade are not politicised.
Singapore not yet approached about FTA talks with Taiwan - government
Singapore has noted Taiwan president-elect Ma Ying-jeou’s plans to resume talks for a free trade agreement with the city-state but said it has not been approached officially. Talks had started before 2000 but broke off under the administration of outgoing President Chen Shui-bian, partly under pressure from China and partly because of a dispute over how to refer to Taiwan.