Minister Without Portfolio John Deng (鄧振中), Taiwan’s chief trade negotiator, visited the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) in Washington on Friday to discuss the next meeting under a newly launched US-Taiwan trade initiative.
Deng said he met with US Deputy Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi to talk about the next meeting under the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade, which was introduced last month.
The first meeting under the initiative was held at the USTR on Monday, but Deng attended the meeting virtually after testing positive for COVID-19 while in Mexico. He flew to Washington upon completing quarantine and visited the