June is good time to sign ECFA: SEF chairman

Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P.K. Chiang expressed hope that the two sides can sign three agreements -- including the ECFA, an agreement on the protection of intellectual property rights and another on the avoidance of double taxation -- in the upcoming fifth round of talks between himself and his Chinese counterpart, Chen Yunlin, president of the Beijing based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS).

The talks are scheduled to take place in China in May or June, with the exact date and location not yet decided upon.

Chiang explained that the negotiations on where and when the talks will take place cannot begin until the government has issued instructions in this regard.

“The negotiations have not begun because the Mainland Affairs Council has not given its authorization,” he noted.

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