TECRO agricultural division begins operations this week
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/12/06
By: Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TECRO Representative Stanley Kao. (CNA photo)
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) held a press conference in Washington on Thursday (Dec. 5). At the press conference, TECRO Representative Stanley Kao (高碩泰) said he anticipated that the new agricultural division would spur deeper ties between Taiwan and the U.S.
Speaking on the new division’s short-term goals, Kao said he hoped to push for the restart of talks between the two countries under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), which has been suspended for two years. First held in 1985, the TIFA talks have served as a negotiating platform between high-ranking Taiwanese officials and their U.S. counterparts on various trade issues.
Kao emphasized that the division’s tasks would not be confined to the issue of U.S. pork imports, adding that Taiwan and the U.S. share many common interests and enjoy reciprocal cooperation. The Taiwanese government has banned the import of American pork products containing ractopamine, despite the U.S.’s complaints. [FULL STORY]
