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THURSDAY, MAY 08, 2025
First agreement under Taiwan-US trade initiative to come into force

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Reuters
10 December, 2024, 12:15 pm
Last modified: 10 December, 2024, 12:20 pm

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First agreement under Taiwan-US trade initiative to come into force

Taiwan was excluded from the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, part of the Biden administration's effort to counter what it says is Beijing's increasing economic and military coercion in the region, when it was set up in 2022

Reuters
10 December, 2024, 12:15 pm
Last modified: 10 December, 2024, 12:20 pm
Flags of Taiwan and US are placed for a meeting between US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce speaks and with Su Chia-chyuan, President of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan March 27, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
Flags of Taiwan and US are placed for a meeting between US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce speaks and with Su Chia-chyuan, President of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan March 27, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

The first agreement signed under a trade initiative between Taiwan and the United States will come into force on Tuesday, both governments announced, as Taipei hopes a raft of ongoing talks will eventually lead to a free trade deal.

Taiwan was excluded from the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, part of the Biden administration's effort to counter what it says is Beijing's increasing economic and military coercion in the region, when it was set up in 2022.

But the United States then set up the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade, which joined the US-Taiwan Economic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue and Technology Trade and Investment Collaboration Framework the two sides have.

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In a statement, United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the first agreement under the 21st Century Trade initiative that will come into force covers areas including anti-corruption, customs administration and trade facilitation, and small and medium-sized enterprises.

"The entry into force of the first agreement under our 21st Century Trade Initiative represents an important step forward in strengthening the US-Taiwan economic and trade relationship," she said.

Taiwan's Office of Trade Negotiations said in a separate statement the agreement showed the "rock solid partnership" between Taiwan and the United States.

"Given the highly volatile global situation, it is of strategic significance for Taiwan to consolidate and expand its relationships with important economic and trade partners," it said.

Talks on a second agreement under the framework, covering areas like labour, the environment and agriculture, are ongoing.

Taiwanese officials have expressed a desire to ultimately sign a free trade agreement with the United States, even if the US government has put all such negotiations on ice.

The United States is Chinese-claimed Taiwan's most important international backer and arms supplier, despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties.

China, which objects to any form of official interaction between Taipei and Washington, has been angered by the trade talks.

Taiwan's government rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims.

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