Taiwan says on track to apply to join trans-Pacific trade pact
Taiwan will submit an application to join the revamped version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership once it has finished informal consultations with its existing 11 members, talks which are ongoing, the island’s foreign ministry said. While a member of the World Trade Organization, many countries are wary of signing trade deals with Taiwan fearing objections from Beijing, which claims the democratic island as its own territory, and Taiwan has sought greater […]
