Senior US official dashes FTA hopes

Ruzicka said that "US trade officials at the highest level" deny that "Taiwan must declare acceptance of the `one-China' principle before any kind of FTA can be started. Rather, it is important to recognize that entrepreneurs have established a supply chain, and that supply chain extends across the Strait. And it only makes sense to facilitate that. That's a far cry from saying that there is a `one-China' principle that Taiwan must accept."

The AIT official was responding to comments by Taiwan Thinktank chairman Chen Po-chih (陳博志) and another panelist, who implied that Washington's call for a relaxation of cross-strait economic curbs were tantamount to a "one China" policy.