On September 30, the Trade Subcommittee of the Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade met with former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott [https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=committees/commjnt/25041/&sid=0003] (currently an adviser to

On September 22 local time, just a week after China submitted an application [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/china-formally-applies-to-join-cptpp-issues-reactions-and-prospects/] to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Taiwan submitted [https://www.ey.gov.tw/otn/47E95C7DA961C934] (link in Chinese) an application as well. As the process moves forward,

After China imposed an import suspension on two types of Taiwanese fruit last week, Taiwanese officials warned of challenging this decision at the WTO. This challenge could simply be raising the issue in a WTO Committee, but if it turns into a formal dispute, it would be the first WTO

At a July 16 meeting of the WTO's Committee on Government Procurement, WTO Members that are parties to this Agreement debated the appointment of Ms Liang-Rong Lin of Taiwan [https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3948974] -- or the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and

On September 2, the Trade Subcommittee of the Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade met with three witnesses who supported Taiwan joining the CPTPP as part of its inquiry on " Expanding Membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership [https:

The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has called for a bilateral investment agreement between the EU and Taiwan, although the prospects for concluding such an agreement any time soon may be limited. In a press release [https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210827IPR10703/eu-taiwan-relations-meps-push-for-stronger-partnership] issued yesterday,

At a recent webinar [https://www.cgai.ca/canada_taiwan_relations] hosted by the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, several Canadian trade policy experts commented on the prospects for expansion of the CPTPP to include Taiwan (and to a lesser extent, China) during a panel on "Taiwan and Canada: How