Taiwan officials predict that Taiwan has successfully joined the CPTPP more than 20%

Taiwan officials predict today (27th) that Taiwan has successfully joined the Cross Pacific Partnership Comprehensive Progress Agreement (CPTPP) more than 20%, which is more than 10%higher than the National Development Council Chairman Gong Mingxin last week.Essence

According to the Taiwan United Daily report, Xiao Zhenrong, a senior negotiating representative and executive secretary of the Economic and Trade Negotiation Office of the Executive Yuan, made the above response when answering the question of the Kuomintang legislators Zeng Mingzong at the meeting of the Legislative Yuan's Economic Committee.

Zeng Mingzong also asked questions, what are the favorable and unfavorable conditions for applying for CPTPP at this time.Xiao Zhenrong replied that what is very beneficial to Taiwan is that all members say that they can accept high -standard trade specifications and countries to join, while Taiwan meets such conditions; unfavorable conditions are that Taiwan is more complicated in international situations, and political factors will block joining joining.CPTPP.

Zeng Mingzong further inquired that among the 11 members of CPTPP, which are more friendly to Taiwan?Is there Japan, Australia, and Canada?Xiao Zhenrong did not respond positively at first, but then replied: "You can say so."

Zeng Mingzong raised questions about relatively unfriendly areas. The Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Meihua, who also attended the meeting, told Xiao Zhenrong not to say.Zeng Mingzong asked again if these areas include Chile or New Zealand.Xiao Zhenrong replied that "respecting the judgment of the members" and said that no matter which stage, mainland China has some interference in Taiwan's economic and trade, and all regions have seen the unfriendly behavior of mainland China.

Taiwan applied to join CPTPP on Wednesday (22nd), which was supported by the Japanese official and the United States and Taiwan Business Association. However, mainland China resolutely opposed it.

International trading scholars told the United Morning Post earlier that mainland China and Taiwan have successively applied to join CPTPP before and after the Mid -Autumn Festival, which has far -reaching benefits for the development of economic and trade development and industrial transformation.In the context of harmony, it is difficult to enter the group on both sides of the strait, and it must be clear after several years of multilateral negotiations.

Zhang Hongyuan, an associate professor of the Department of International Trade, Taiwan Zhili University of Science and Technology, who studies mainland China and international trade, said that joining CPTPP has far -reaching benefits for the economic and trade development and industrial transformation on both sides of the strait.As far as Taiwan is concerned, although the small farmers of Taiwan, which will focus on domestic demand markets, can promote foreign investment and make the booming and communication industry have a larger market, which is greater than disadvantages.

Fu Fengcheng, consultant of the Financial Strategy Center of the China Institute of Economics and Economics, said that for the mainland, more openness to the outside world can force internal reforms to improve corporate physique from the outside world, and reverse the dilemma caused by the Sino -US trade war.

However, the two of them ca n’t make an appointment that to join CPTPP on both sides of the strait, they must break through complex geopolitical obstacles.

Fu Fengcheng said: "The United States may pull the hind legs of the mainland, help Taiwan behind it, and stimulate the mainland; in the end, it may also be used as a bargaining chip with the mainland."

Zhang Hongyuan said that because the consensus of all member states must be obtained, the mainland, Japan, and the United States will stage a game in the future. You do not have to go out of the country."One-vote veto".

He estimates that the process of this round of international negotiations will take about five years to be clear, and it is said that as long as the United States and Japan oppose the addition of the mainland, the mainland must do a lot of diplomatic work.Add CPTPP at the same time.