Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/02/19
By: Emerson T. Lin and Ko Lin

Manila, Feb. 19 (CNA) Taiwan is optimistic that its bilateral relationship with the

Philippines will remain strong as economic links continue to grow, Taiwan’s representative to the Philippines Gary Song-huann Lin (林松煥) said Sunday.

Bilateral trade between the two countries increased from US$9.7 billion (NT$300 billion) in 2015 to US$10.8 billion last year, Lin said, noting that Taiwanese exports to the Philippines increased 15 percent year-on-year.

Furthermore, cooperation between both sides in such areas as technology, agriculture, and fishery also grew, Lin continued.

“Our relationship with the Philippines will be even stronger this year,” he said, citing a number of new projects between the two countries in the pipeline for the coming year.
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