Taiwan News
Date: 2015-12-31
By: Chia Lee, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Ministry of Economic Affairs said in a statement during the ministry’s year-end

Taiwan said to lift ban on Chinese agricultural imports

press conference Wednesday that Taiwan and China have reached a common ground on the goal to remove tariffs on 90 percent of both sides’ products.
Ministry of Economic Affairs said in a statement during its year-end press conference Wednesday that Taiwan and China have reached a common ground to remove tariffs on 90 percent of the trade-in-goods.

The 12th and the latest round of talks on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) took place last month ended with China’s request for Taiwan to lift import bans on Chinese farm produce, and was turned down by the Taiwanese government due to the concerns over the impact of Chinese imports on Taiwan’s industries.     [FULL  STORY]