Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/20
By: Emerson Lim and Ko Lin

Manila, Jan. 20 (CNA) An increase in investment and people-to-people interaction

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between Taiwan and the Philippines is expected to continue this year, Taiwan’s representative to the Philippines Gary Song-huann Lin (林松煥) said Saturday.

Taiwanese investment in the Southeast Asian country reached an estimated US$19.71 million last year, Lin said, noting that he expects the figure to increase thanks to a new bilateral investment agreement (BIA) signed between the two countries last December.

The BIA establishes the terms for investment between participating countries, including factors such as most-favored-nation treatment, fair trade treatment and dispute resolution.    [FULL  STORY]