Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The upcoming meeting between the chief negotiators of Taiwan and China will herald the beginning of formal negotiations on a cross-Taiwan Strait economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) , Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang said Tuesday. |
Lien Chan, Taiwan's representative at the 2009 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit meeting, was non-committal Tuesday on when a meeting between Taiwan and China's leaders could take place, suggesting it would be better for cross-strait political dialogue to take place over an extended period of time. |
China's largest retail chain is expected to buy NT$1.25 billion worth of agricultural products from Taiwan through the end of 2010, the single largest such purchase made by a Chinese entity in Taiwan, the Council of Agriculture (COA) said Tuesday. |
Wang Zaixi, vice president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), said yesterday that the cross-strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) would be inked in 2010, and that mainland China is quite glad to see the signing of the reciprocal pact. |
![]() | U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday hailed improvements in relations between China and Taiwan, saying there was no need to change Washington's “one-China” policy. |
As President Barack Obama visits China seeking to balance a seesawing relationship, Chinese-Americans embody the challenges facing the giants of East and West. |
![]() | A major Chinese logistic group yesterday signed an agreement to purchase NT$1.25 billion worth of Taiwan agricultural products yesterday, making it the largest purchase of its kind ever. |









