Officials remain hopeful, realistic on US trade deal
‘HIGH PRIORITY ’: While US lawmakers support a deal, officials said they are also looking to join the CPTPP and forging a trade agreement with the UK
By Jeanny Kao and Ben Blanchard / Reuters, Taipei
Taiwan is under no illusions it can quickly sign a long-hoped-for free-trade deal with the US, but feels when the time is right “success will flow naturally,” the nation’s lead trade negotiator said yesterday.
Taiwan has long sought a bilateral trade deal with the US.
The government on Jan. 1 lifted a ban on imports of pork containing a leanness-enhancing additive, ractopamine, removing a major stumbling block to an agreement with Washington.