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Presidential office defends ECFA plan
14-Mar-2010
The Presidential Office yesterday hit back at critics — including former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) — who said on Saturday that an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) the government is seeking to sign with Beijing this year will undermine Taiwan’s competitiveness.
Taiwan and China to scale down early-harvest lists for ECFA
8-Mar-2010 CENS
The number of items on Taiwan’s early harvest list may be further cut to 200-300, about half the amount on the existing draft. Meanwhile, both sides have agreed to incorporate intellectual property into the ECFA
Ma touts the signing of an ECFA
24-Feb-2010 Taipei Times
Ma says the Taiwan-China trade deal will create 260,000 jobs if it is signed — and cause the loss of more jobs if it is not.
Fewer jobs for Taiwan OFWs sans RP trade pact
12-Feb-2010 GMA News
Taiwan-based factories employing Filipinos may move operations to mainland China once the trade pact between China and Taiwan is signed. The Philippines should therefore sign an FTA with Taiwan to tap into the Beijing-Taipei deal, some argue.
Ma wants FTA with Japan
5-Feb-2010 Straits Times
Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou on Thursday expressed his wish to strike a free trade agreement with Japan
China postpones free trade talks with Taiwan
4-Feb-2010 Reuters
China has postponed a second round of free trade talks with Taiwan until after the Lunar New Year holiday and the Taiwanese side downplayed any political reason for the delay.
ECFA advice for mainland China
1-Feb-2010 Taiwan Today
The Beijing establishment should ask itself: If the US beef controversy was able to cause such a huge ruckus in Taiwan, how much more horrendous would the situation be if hundreds of mainland agricultural goods were allowed entry?
US scholars see WTO as best path to resolving beef dispute
27-Jan-2010 CNA
By taking the case to the WTO, the US will be able to "depoliticize" the issue, a CSIS fellow argues
US official says no basis for renegotiation of beef issue
26-Jan-2010 CNA
The US Trade Representative Office said Friday that Taiwan has destroyed its bilateral agreement with the United States on beef imports and there is no basis for renegotiation of the issue.
China and Taiwan to start talks on trade deal
25-Jan-2010 Financial Times
To allay fears about the potential negative impacts of ECFA, Mr Ma’s government has pledged not to open Taiwan to Chinese labour or further agricultural imports. Many Taiwanese, however, remain either unconvinced or indifferent.
Lai: Taiwan is free from China factor over FTAs
23-Jan-2010
Lai Hsingyuan, minister of Mainland Affairs Counsel, noted surprisingly yesterday that ECFA and FTA with other countries are totally different things, and she hadn’t noticed any disturbance from China over the last 20 months.
Consumers’ Foundation demands prion tests on US beef imports
22-Jan-2010 Taiwan News
The Consumers’ Foundation demanded Tuesday that the government include prion tests in its inspection of US beef imports to detect any possible bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) contamination of the products.
US lawmakers urge tough line against Taiwan on beef
22-Jan-2010 Reuters
The United States should not resume trade and investment talks with Taiwan until that country reverses a ban on US beef, a bipartisan group of four senior US lawmakers said on Wednesday.
An ECFA would be bad news for farmers
21-Jan-2010 Taipei Times
About 280,000 Taiwanese farmers who grow rice, vegetables and other crops could lose their jobs. This does not account for mushrooms, sugar, flowers, fisheries and forestry, therefore the total number of food producers affected will be much higher.
Taiwan’s hopes rise that China could allow free trade agreements
20-Jan-2010 DPA
China has until now barred countries with whom it has diplomatic relations from signing trade pacts with Taiwan, which it does not consider an independent nation.
Capital outflows will rise after an ECFA: activists
19-Jan-2010 Taipei Times
Labor rights activists and business leaders with experience working in China agree that signing a trade agreement between Taiwan and China would speed up capital outflow from the nation, but their opinions differ on solving Taiwan’s unemployment problem.
ECFA will intensify left-right spat in Taiwan
19-Jan-2010 Taiwan News
The proposed trade pact between Taiwan and China will only benefit certain people and corporates and intensify a left-right economic spectrum, a scholar told the Central News Agency in an interview.
Will beef derail US-Taiwan trade relations?
11-Jan-2010 Time
The U.S. Defense Department’s approval of a new arms package to Taiwan on Wednesday was the best new year’s gift that President Ma Ying-jeou could ask for
Taiwan bans US beef
7-Jan-2010 Examiner
Taiwan’s legislative Yuan Tuesday banned the sale of US beef to that island country, a move that infuriated US beef exporters and could lead to trade disputes with the United States.
Taiwan bans import of US beef
5-Jan-2010 Press TV
In a reversal of a negotiated deal with Washington, Taiwanese lawmakers on Tuesday banned imports of some kinds of beefs from the United States, citing health concerns.