Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/04/26
By: Liao Yu-yang, Hu Yu-li and Kuan-lin Liu
Taipei, April 26 (CNA) Minister of Economic Affairs Shen Jong-chin (沈榮津) said Thursday
Minister of Economic Affairs Shen Jong-chin (沈榮津)/CNA file photo
that he has been pressing his Canadian counterpart on the issue of a bilateral foreign investment agreement.
Shen said he spoke with Canadian Minister of International Trade Francois-Philippe Champagne on the phone Wednesday night and expressed Taiwan’s desire to sign a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) with Canada.
In response, Champagne said that he hoped to discuss with Taiwan the particulars of a bilateral trade and investment agreement after Canada completes its current talks with several other countries on bilateral agreements.
The phone conversation went well, Shen told reporters in Taipei, but he declined to give any further details. [FULL STORY]