ISDS Case Map
Taiwan
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 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.
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.
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou on Thursday expressed his wish to strike a free trade agreement with Japan
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.
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?
By taking the case to the WTO, the US will be able to "depoliticize" the issue, a CSIS fellow argues
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.
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 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.
