Taiwan


WIKILEAKS: AIT doubts ECFA impact: cable says
Former American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) director Stephen Young was skeptical of President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) position that signing the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) would open the door for Taiwan to pursue free-trade agreements (FTA) with other partners, a US cable recently released by WikiLeaks showed.
Taiwan firms reshaping cross-Strait relations
Taiwan industrial companies have been reorganizing resources on both sides of the Strait to sharpen their competitive edge in the wake of tariff reductions that took effect earlier this year.
Taiwan intends to hold FTA talk with Indonesia
After negotiating with Singapore on economic partnership, Taiwan now studies similar talks with Indonesia to sign free trade agreement (FTA) to be member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Chinese opposition not a concern of U.S.-Taiwan FTA: scholar
The real barrier to the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the U.S. and Taiwan is not China's opposition, but American disinterest and Taiwanese protectionism, a research fellow of the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation said Wednesday.
L’Inde et l’Indonésie envisagent un accord de libre-échange avec Taiwan
L’Inde et l’Indonésie seraient prêts à considérer la possibilité de signer un accord de libre-échange avec Taiwan, a déclaré hier Shih Yen-shiang, le ministre de l’Economie.
India, Indonesia on free trade path with Taiwan
Both India and Indonesia are considering possibility of signing free trade agreements (FTA) with Taiwan.
Gov't signs letters of intent with Philippines in economic meetings
Taipei and Manila managed to reach various consensuses and sign two letters of intent during their just-concluded economic cooperation meetings in the Philippines, Taiwan's economics minister said yesterday.
FTA with Korea, Taiwan urged to boost auto sector
Free-Trade agreements with South Korea and Taiwan. This is what the State-owned think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is urging the government to forge in order to help boost the local automotive industry.
Officials indicate ractopamine ban remains in place
Taiwan is in no hurry to lift the ban on a lean growth-enhancing agent, the cause of a major trade dispute with the US, as the international food standards setting body again failed to advance maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the additive, government officials said yesterday.
ECFA debate marred by faulty reasoning
One year after the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement was signed by Taipei and Beijing, Taiwan’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party has declared the ECFA "myth" busted, while the ruling Kuomintang continues to tout its many benefits.