Meitai launched the so -called "21st Century Trade Initiative" negotiation

According to Taiwan ’s“ Central News Agency ”, the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced on the evening of the 17th local time that the“ 21st Century Trade Initiative ”negotiated with Taiwan’ s “21st Century Trade initiative” was officially launched.

Chang'an Street Knowledge (WeChat ID: CapitalNews) previously reported that in June this year, the DPP authorities claimed that they would launch trade negotiations on the so -called "US Taiwan 21st Century Trade initiative". trade agreement".

In response to the so -called initiative, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have repeatedly stated their states and resolutely opposed it.

US Trade Representative Office. Picture source: Xinhua News Agency

In June of this year, US President Bynden visited Japan and South Korea to sell the "Indo -Pacific Economic Framework". The Taiwan authorities originally had high hopes for joining the economic framework, but they were excluded from the list at the time. Subsequently, the United States Taiwan's "21st Century Trading initiative" was reported, and the outside world analyzed the United States' move to appease.

According to Taiwan media, the first consultation of the United States and Taiwan held the first consultation in Washington at the end of June. Deng Zhenzhong, the original Taiwan authorities "Executive Yuan's Government Affairs Member", was determined to be diagnosed with new crown pneumonia to video. "Xiao Meiqin went to participate.

The US Taiwan claimed that "discussing the roadmap of the trade initiative" in order to reach an agreement with a "high standard commitment and economic significance".

On the evening of August 17th, USSTR issued a press release, saying that the "American Association in Taiwan" and "Taiwan's Representative Office in the United States" reached a consensus and officially launched the negotiation procedure.

The US trading deputy representative Sarah Bianchi claims in the press release that the launch of the negotiation will "deepen the US -Taiwan trade and investment relationship, promote the preferred matters of the sharing value based on sharing value, and promote innovation and inclusiveness for labor enterprises to promote innovation and inclusiveness. Economic growth ".

According to Taiwan media reports, the fields of US -Taiwan negotiations include: convenient trade, good regulations, anti -corruption, small and medium -sized enterprises, agriculture, standards, digital trade, labor, environment, "state -owned" enterprises and non -market policies and practices.

Bi Anqi, Deng Zhenzhong's information map

After the news of the negotiations was released in the United States in early June this year, there were US media analysis that high -tech industries such as Taiwan semiconductors were one of the "fat" that the United States saw.

The Wall Street Journal reported that US officials are increasingly concerned about East Asia's semiconductor "production is too concentrated", and Taiwan is at the core of this issue. The report also reminded that the US -Taiwan announcement of "trade initiative" may make US -China relations more tight.

At the press conference of the Ministry of Commerce of China on June 2, spokesman Gao Feng said that the United States and Taiwan announced the launch of the so -called "US Taiwan 21st Century Trade initiative", and China resolutely opposed it.

Gao Feng emphasized that the Taiwan issue is related to the core interests of China. A Chinese principle is the prerequisite for participating in foreign economic cooperation in Taiwan. China has always opposed any form of official exchanges between any country and Taiwan in Taiwan, including business and trade agreements with sovereign meaning and official nature.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian also said that the DPP authorities should dispel the calculation of "leaning on the beauty of the beauty" as early as possible, otherwise the higher they jump and the worse they fall.

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