Taiwan’s trade chief John Deng will hold further talks with the United States on bilateral trade on Wednesday, the island government said, following the release of a new US economic plan for the Asia Pacific region.Deng is pushing for Taiwan to be included in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, or IPEF, which is part of an American military effort to counter what he says is Beijing’s economic and military expansion in the region.
However, Taiwan was not included when the United States announced details of its construction last week, and Taipei expressed “regret” over the decision.Taiwan Cabinet spokesman Lo Ping-cheng told reporters that Deng would have an online interview with Sarah Bianchi, a U.S. diplomat. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, Taiwan-U.S. trade news.
Deng and Tai met about April, when Deng reiterated Taiwan’s desire to join the IPEF.China is not a member of the group, whose original founders include the United States, Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.The United States is Taiwan’s most important international supporter and supplier of weapons, and Taipei was determined to show the importance attached to its trade relations, especially in the important supply of semiconductors.
China has criticized the US Indo-Pacific push, saying the United States is creating “special clubs”.China considers Taiwan to be a landlocked country, and China’s pressure means Taiwan’s withdrawal from many international routes such as the United Nations.
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