Since Taiwan’s accession to the WTO in 2002, China has used its political clout and massive market to influence the international community’s attitude toward the nation’s participation in international organizations.
On Taiwan’s long road to joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), apart from complying with organizational rules and negotiating trade conditions with member states, the nation should focus on critical links such as whether the CPTPP commission would commence the accession process with Taiwan, and whether it would establish a working group to negotiate Taiwan’s accession on a consensus basis. It should also resolve member states’ political
MAKING FRIENDS: Taiwan-Japan relations grew closer this year, Hiroyasu Izumi said, adding that growing support for Taiwan could be seen across the worldBy Yang Cheng-yu / Staff reporter
This year has been “the year of Taiwan,” as more countries have stood up to support the free and democratic nation, Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association Representative Hiroyasu Izumi said yesterday.
Izumi made the remarks at a Christmas fair outside the Taipei 101 building, which was part of a series of events to mark Taiwan-Japan friendship.
Izumi said that on Jan. 23, he saw the slogan “Japan-Taiwan friendship” in Chinese displayed on Taipei 101, lighting up bilateral relations.
In March, the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association and the Ministry of Culture cohosted an exhibition marking the 10th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, demonstrating their
Taipei, Dec. 25 (CNA) The issue of whether Taiwan's government should lift the ban on agricultural imports from Japanese prefectures affected by the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster should be addressed according to international standards, Japanese representative to Taiwan Hiroyasu Izumi said Saturday.