Taiwan and the United States representatives launched a five -day physical trade negotiation in Taipei. The Taiwanese side said that they would strive to export agricultural products to the United States.However, the evaluation of scholars is very difficult. It is believed that this is more like a politically explaining to the society and farmers. The focus is still hope to maintain the overall export growth of the United States.
Taimei signed the first agreement of the "Taiwan -US 21st Century Trade initiative" in Washington last June, which includes promoting the convenience of trade between the two parties.Currently entering the second phase of negotiations, the topic focuses on agriculture, labor and environment.Starting from Monday (April 29), about 30 representatives of the United States and about 50 inter -ministerial clubs in the Taiwan side conducted five -day physical negotiations at the Economic and Trade Office of the Taiwan Executive Yuan.
Yang Zhenni, deputy president of the Economic and Trade Office of the Taiwan Executive Yuan, said in an interview before the meeting that the agenda was not disclosed to the public, and everything was finished.She revealed that a new round of negotiations have entered the legal system and practical issues. They did not set the time goal of signing the agreement, but they would try their best to strive for agricultural products to export the United States.
The 21st century trade initiative was launched in June 2022. It is the most complete trade agreement between the two parties since the interpretation of the two parties in 1979.Opponents criticize it to be empty, not bilateral trade agreements or free trade agreements, just to ensure that the Taiwan semiconductor supply chain is decoupled from mainland China.Beijing's statement resolutely opposes the signing of any sovereignty or official agreement, and Washington claims that the trade initiative is in line with the US -Chinese China policy.
Zhang Hongyuan, an associate professor of the Department of International Trade, Taiwan Zhili University of Science and Technology, said in an interview with Lianhe Zaobao that the statistics of the United Nations International Trade Center (ITC) show that Taiwan's exports to the United States have grown sharply.Surgery, while Taiwan's overall exports to the mainland have declined.
He pointed out that Taiwan's negotiations with the United States are very difficult to export agricultural products. After all, the ability and scale of American agricultural exports are far stronger than Taiwan. It is also likely that trade negotiations are also likely to use trade negotiations to request exports of American agricultural products.Even if Taiwan strives to export some agricultural products in the United States, it is not competitive to compare with American agriculture.
Zhang Hongyuan said that the main economic force of Taiwan is still the semiconductor industry, and the US market only needs Taiwan's high -end chips and communication products.Taiwan still needs to rely on the United States in the Sino -US scientific and technological war. If the negotiations between the Taiwan -US trade initiative are smooth, it will definitely benefit the output of electronics to the United States and drive economic growth.As for the export of agricultural products to the United States, I am afraid that it is just a "political attitude" and explains Taiwan's society and farmers.
Zhang Deng, a professor at the Political Department of Taiwan University, said in an interview that Taiwan responded to the transfer of risks and industrial chains in response to the United States' promotion of risk and industrial chain.Mainland exported high -end chips were suffered by losses.
Zhang Deng and bluntly, the prosperity of the American protectionism may not be willing to expand the market access to Taiwan's agricultural products or cause free trade with the allies.The goal.He reminded Taiwan's decision makers to think deeply about how to make up for the loss of Taiwan's exports to mainland exports through Taiwan -US trade or trade with Southeast Asia.
