Taiwan
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16-Sep-2012
European chamber to release study on potential EU-Taiwan trade pact
A study on a potential trade agreement between the European Union and Taiwan will be released on Sept. 20 in Taipei, according to the European Chamber of Commerce Taipei (ECCT).
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30-Aug-2012
Taiwan’s dignity should be maintained in FTA signings: academic
Taiwan should maintain its dignity when it signs Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with other countries, a National Taiwan University professor said Wednesday.
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24-Aug-2012
Cut wages, sign FTAs, says pro-industry forum
Industrial heavyweights yesterday urged the government to speed up the signing of free-trade agreements with major trading partners and take concrete steps to make the nation more business-friendly.
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9-Aug-2012 FT
China offers protection to Taiwan investors
China and Taiwan have signed their first investor-protection agreement in the latest sign of the momentum behind President Ma Ying-jeou’s drive to strengthen his country’s relationship with China, its biggest trade partner and frequent political adversary.
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9-Aug-2012 Les Echos
Accord entre Taïwan et la Chine sur la protection des investissements
Taïwan et la Chine ont signé jeudi un accord très attendu par les milieux d’affaires sur la protection des investissements mais dénoncé par les nationalistes et indépendantistes taïwanais qui craignent une reprise en main de Pékin.
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1-Aug-2012 AFP
US official to visit Taiwan amid trade talks push
A senior US diplomat is to visit Taiwan this month, officials said Wednesday, as Taipei looks to resume free trade talks with Washington after lifting a six-year-old ban on some US beef imports.
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28-Jul-2012
DPP lawmaker calls for more research on critical issues
Systematic research and policy formulation on critical issues such as free-trade agreements (FTA) are important for Taiwan and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), according to DPP Legislator Hsiao Bi-khim
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23-Jul-2012 Taiwan Info
Une délégation indienne à Taiwan dans la perspective d’un accord de libre-échange
Dans le cadre de l’étude de faisabilité d’un accord de libre-échange décidée par Taipei et New Delhi en janvier 2011 pour une durée de deux ans, une délégation indienne du Conseil indien pour la recherche sur les relations économiques internationales conduite par Rajat Kathuria est à Taiwan pour une semaine.
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21-Jul-2012
Ma touts FTAs as way to revive flagging economy
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday pledged to speed up trade liberalization and raise the nation’s international competitiveness by seeking to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership within the next eight years and signing free-trade agreements with major trade partners.
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8-Jul-2012 Taipei Times
US pushes trade partners to lift ractopamine ban
The Office of the US Trade Representative yesterday urged US trading partners to eliminate any trade barriers caused by a ban against the use of leanness-enhancing feed additive ractopamine, following a Codex Alimentarius Commission decision to establish maximum residue levels (MRLs) for the drug in beef and pork.
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8-Jul-2012
Taiwan should not rush trade pact negotiations: minister
Taiwan should not rush negotiations on free trade agreements (FTAs) with its trade partners, the head of the Council for Economic Planning and Development said Wednesday, in light of upcoming trade talks among China, Japan and South Korea.
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7-Jul-2012 CNA
Taiwan, South Korea start talks on investment pact
Taiwan has started talks with South Korea on a bilateral investment protection agreement, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Francis Liang said Friday.
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28-Jun-2012 AFP
US envoy urges Taiwan to open market amid beef row
Washington’s de facto ambassador to Taiwan on Wednesday urged the island to further open its market if it hopes to sign a trade deal with the US, amid a lingering dispute over American beef imports.
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11-Jun-2012 AFP
Taiwan activists protest against U.S. beef
Larger trade talks between Taiwan and the United States have stalled as a result of the country’s indecision about accepting US beef imports.
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10-Jun-2012
Civic groups mount call-in against US beef
Civic groups and the Consumers’ Foundation yesterday encouraged consumers to call legislators and urge them to vote against relaxing a ban on ractopamine residues in US meat products, stressing that the health of Taiwanese should not be used as a trading chip for economic development.
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8-Jun-2012 CNA
Activists protest at AIT over US beef import row
Activists demonstrated at the American Institute in Taiwan Friday to protest what they called Washington’s highhanded attitude in forcing Taiwan to open its doors to US beef containting residue of the leanness-enhancing drug ractopamine.
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1-Jun-2012 CNA
TIFA talks may resume by year end if beef row ends: official
Vice Economics Minister Francis Liang said Thursday if Taiwan can resolve its beef dispute with the United States, the two sides will be able to resume talks this year under the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement.
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31-May-2012 Taipei Times
AIT denies tying beef to TIFA, visa waiver
The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday denied that the AIT was “menacing” Taiwan, as the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) put it, by tying a resumption of trade talks under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) to the US beef issue.
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31-May-2012 China Post
No TIFA without US beef solution: lawmaker
The de facto United States envoy to Taiwan has made it clear that the island’s restrictions on the import of certain US beef products have complicated the bilateral trade situation and could jeopardize the restarting of trade pact talks
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28-May-2012
China-Taiwan trade agreements complex as shared history
As Ma Ying-jeou starts his second four years as president of Taiwan, his opening up of the economy to China in his first term is presenting the island nation with as many head-aches as opportunities.
