China is expected to ask Taiwan to open its doors wider to Chinese investors during a WTO trade policy review (TPR) meeting from today to Wednesday in Geneva now that the two sides have signed a trade pact, an economics official said yesterday.
Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Lin Sheng-chung (林聖忠) confirmed before leaving for Geneva at the head of a 20-plus delegation to attend the second TPR meeting since Taiwan’s entry into the WTO in 2002 that China had made the request in a written statement.
Lin said that China had also expressed interest in Taiwan’s six major emerging industries for priority development, including biotech, green energy, medical care, culture and creativity, tourism and high-end agriculture.
The Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) that Taiwan signed with China on Tuesday last week has become a hot issue among WTO members, Lin said.
He said that a total of 22 WTO members have filed written opinions on Taiwan’s TPR report, all of whom have asked Taiwan for briefings on the ECFA negotiations.
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