Taiwan
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More Details Emerge on WTO Debate Over Appointment of Taiwanese Delegate as Committee Chair
As we reported here and here, there has been a debate over the appointment of a Taiwanese delegate as chair of the WTO's Government Procurement Committee, with most parties to the agreement in favor of the appointment, but Hong Kong blocking consensus. The division continues at this Committee,
Australia and NZ Trade Ministers Comment on CPTPP and China Trade Issues
At a joint press conference
[https://www.trademinister.gov.au/minister/dan-tehan/transcript/press-conference-new-zealand-trade-minister]
on November 19 after their meeting, Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and
Investment Dan Tehan and New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth Damien
O'Connor were asked about a number of trade issues
NZ Minister for Trade and Export Growth Responds to Questions on China, Taiwan CPTPP Applications
At a press conference [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmNXH0uEYKY] following
the APEC Ministers Meeting, New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth
Damien O'Connor was asked several questions about the applications by Taiwan and
China to join the CPTPP. He avoided offering a specific response to
Taiwan Raises Fruit Ban Concerns with China at WTO Committee
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/taiwan-may-challenge-china-at-the-wto-over-fruit-bans/]
, in September China’s Customs agency announced
[http://www.customs.gov.cn//customs/302249/zfxxgk/zfxxgkml34/3892452/index.html]
(link in Chinese) that it would suspend imports of sugar apples (also known as
custard apples) and wax apples from Taiwan, because
NZ, U.S. Trade Experts Discuss Prospects for China, Taiwan CPTPP Accession
At a Washington International Trade Association (WITA) webinar on the CPTPP
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss-ZYzWe77Y] yesterday, Tim Groser, formerly
New Zealand's ambassador to the United States, and Wendy Cutler, formerly of
USTR, both offered thoughts on various aspects of the applications by China and
Taiwan
Taiwan Representative Testifies before Australian Parliamentary Committee on Joining CPTPP
On October 12, the Trade Subcommittee of the Australian Parliament's Joint
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade heard testimony from
[https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=committees/commjnt/25097/&sid=0001]
Elliott Charng of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
At WTO General Council Meeting, U.S. and Other WTO Members Push for Taiwanese Chair of GPA Committee
As we reported
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/wto-government-procurement-committee-debates-appointment-of-taiwanese-delegate-as-chair/]
last month, there has been some heated debate over the appointment of Ms
Liang-Rong Lin [https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3948974] of Taiwan -- or
the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese
Taipei), as it is