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Taiwan Corner

37 minutes ago

[Trade]“Taiwan and the US have announced plans for trade talks in the early autumn in another step to boost ties.”. “The negotiations are to cover areas including agriculture, digital trade and regulatory practices, along with attempts to remove trade barriers, the Office of the US Trade Representative said in a statement on Wednesday.” “The negotiations “will deepen our trade and investment relationship, advance mutual trade priorities based on shared values, and promote innovation and inclusive economic growth for our workers and businesses,” Deputy US Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi said.”
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Taiwan-US trade talks to start in fall - Taipei Times

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Taiwan Corner

2 days ago

[China-Taiwan] China has sanctioned “Representative to the US Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) and six other Taiwanese officials for being “diehard separatists” and for being a grave danger to “Chinese national rejuvenation”. “In addition to Hsiao, National Security Council Secretary-General Wellington Koo (顧立雄), Deputy Legislative Speaker Tsai Chi-chang (蔡其昌), Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘), DPP Deputy Secretary-General Lin Fei-fan (林飛帆), DPP Legislator Wang Ting-yu (王定宇) and New Power Party (NPP) Chairwoman Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) were added to the sanctions list, Xinhua reported.
Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌), Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (游錫堃) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) have been on the list since it was made public in November last year.”
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China’s sanctions to backfire: MOFA - Taipei Times

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Taiwan Corner

6 days ago

[sovereignty]“China has worked incessantly to curb Taiwan’s development as a sovereign nation and undermine its democratic system, relentlessly promoting unification and beginning to set an internal timetable for doing so”. This “exactly why the United States and its allies must begin to rethink their approach toward China.” “Taiwan is the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, boasts one of the most comprehensive universal health-care systems in the world, and is among one of the few nations to commit to global climate governance despite being excluded from international organizations that are designed to foster global cooperation on these key sociopolitical issues.”
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Opinion | It’s time the free world commits to the defense of Taiwan

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