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India keen to sign pact with Taiwan to secure microprocessor supply
1-Nov-2021 Money Control
India is looking to quickly sign a preferential trade agreement with Taiwan with a special focus on securing a steady supply of microprocessors, electronic components and precision tools, senior officials said.
EU lawmakers push for closer ties with Taiwan, drawing Chinese anger
21-Oct-2021 Nasdaq
The European Union must deepen ties with Taiwan and start work on an investment deal with the island, EU lawmakers said in a resolution adopted, angering Beijing, whose similar deal with the EU struck in 2020 has been put on ice.
Taiwan asks Australia to support regional trade bid
12-Oct-2021 Reuters
A Taiwan official has asked Australia to support its bid to join the CPTPP pan-Pacific trade pact, which China opposes, saying Taiwan can boost high technology trade flows and demand for Australian minerals.
Tsai calls Taiwan indispensable partner to EU, appeals for BIA
11-Oct-2021 Focus Taiwan
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has called on the European Union (EU) to establish a bilateral investment agreement (BIA) with Taiwan because of the role it can play as a democratic and economic partner.
Japan Chamber of Commerce supports Taiwan’s CPTPP bid
8-Oct-2021 Taiwan News
The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Taipei (JCCIT) supported Taiwan’s bid to join the CPTPP trade group, but it also wanted it to end an import ban on food from areas affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
China Watch｜Why Beijing’s bid to join TPP trade pact was a major miscalculation
6-Oct-2021 Japan Forward
If Taiwan becomes a member first, China will find itself in the miserable position of having to beg for Taiwan’s consent to join the TPP.
Countries race to join CPTPP
5-Oct-2021 Rural News Group
Chinese Taipei is the latest of three countries seeking to join the CPTPP – the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership.
Japan’s position on the CPTPP applications of China and Taiwan
4-Oct-2021 The Diplomat
When it comes to their position on the applications, CPTPP members are divided. The CPTPP operates on unanimous consent, so if even one country is against an application, membership will not be granted.
Taiwan questions China’s suitability for Pacific trade pact, fears ’obstruction’
1-Oct-2021 Reuters
China’s restrictive practices present fundamental problems for its application to join a major pan-Pacific free trade pact, and if it joins before Taiwan there is a risk it could block their application.
Taiwan applies to join TPP free trade pact on China’s heels
23-Sep-2021 Kyodo News
Taiwan formally submitted an application to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal, the government said, just days after mainland China filed its bid for membership.
European Parliament voices support for EU-Taiwan investment agreement
20-Sep-2021 Focus Taiwan
The European Parliament adopted a resolution during a plenary session on Thursday in which it urged the European Union to negotiate a bilateral investment agreement (BIA) with Taiwan.
European lawmakers seek to upgrade ties with Taiwan
3-Sep-2021 Bloomberg
The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a report that urged the EU to begin work on a bilateral investment agreement with Taiwan.
Taiwan voters should look before they leap on pork referendum
13-Jul-2021 Brookings
The decision that Taiwan’s voters reach in the December referendum on whether to reverse President Tsai Ing-wen’s decision to allow importation of U.S. pork containing ractopamine could have significant strategic reverberations.
America now has a ’One China, One Taiwan’ policy: TIFA and TIPA will strengthen it
7-Jul-2021 The Hill
The Biden administration continues to build on the Trump team’s unprecedented efforts to deepen US relations with Taiwan.
TIFA talks strategically affect US-Taiwan ties
7-Jul-2021 Taipei Times
Taiwan and the US on June 30 resumed the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks.
US senators urge gov’t to lay groundwork for FTA with Taiwan
2-Jul-2021 Focus Taiwan
Forty-two United States senators across party-lines have urged US Trade Representative Katherine Tai to lay the groundwork for negotiating a free trade agreement with Taiwan.
Taiwan tells US it hopes to sign free trade deal
30-Jun-2021 Reuters
Taiwan’s chief trade negotiator John Deng said on Wednesday he told the United States he hopes the two can sign a free trade agreement, a deal which would be a strong show of U.S. support in the face of relentless Chinese pressure against the island.
Taiwan, US to resume TIFA talks on June 30
28-Jun-2021 Focus Taiwan
Trade negotiations between Taiwan and the United States under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) mechanism will resume on June 30 after a four-year hiatus, according to the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT).
Trade talks good news for Taiwan
21-Jun-2021 Taipei Times
The administration of US President Joe Biden has continued its ongoing efforts to increase bilateral ties with Taiwan with the announcement about the return of US-Taiwan Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks.
MEPs push Brussels to follow Biden on Taiwan trade
21-Jun-2021 Politico
EU lawmakers are fed up with the European Commission’s reluctance to start an investment deal with Taiwan, while U.S. President Joe Biden has his sights set on trade talks with Taipei.