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The first meeting of a newly launched US-Taiwan trade initiative was scheduled to take place yesterday, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) said on Sunday. The closed-door meeting was to be headed by Deputy US Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi and Taiwan’s chief trade negotiator John Deng (鄧振中), the statement said. Deng, currently under isolation in Mexico after being diagnosed with COVID-19 there, would not attend the meeting in person, but participate virtually, Represent...

The new Taiwan-US Initiative on 21st Century Trade has significant strategic implications, as it shows that Taiwan is a priority trading partner of the US and vice versa, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said yesterday. The initiative, announced on Wednesday, is to provide a mechanism for economic and trade talks between the two nations in 11 areas, excluding tariffs. It largely parallels the US’ Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), which excluded Taiwan when it launched last week. The fi...

CLOSER COOPERATION: The new Taiwan-US trade initiative represents an important upgrade to the economic relationship between the two nations, the premier saidBy Lee Hsin-fang, Wang Chien-hao and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporters, with staff writer

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, commenting on her ban from Twitter after the social media company permanently suspended Greene’s personal Twitter account for multiple violations of the platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy. The ban does not impact Greene’s official Representative Twitter account. (Associated Press — Jan. 3, 2022)