President Tsai Ing-wen met with Australian envoy in Taiwan Gary Cowan on Mar. 3
Taiwan News
Date: 2020/03/03
By: Taiwan News, Staff Writer
President Tsai (right) and Australian Representative in Taiwan Gary Cowan. (CNA photo)
Meeting with the Australian representative in Taiwan, Gary Cowan, on Tuesday morning (Mar. 3), President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) urged the two countries to start negotiations for an Economic Cooperation Agreement, adding that the new pact would further enhance trade ties between the two countries.
Taiwan and Australia have enjoyed close trade cooperation over the years, said Tsai. She went on to cite a deal from earlier this year that allows the two countries to mutually recognize organically certified products as an example of the robust bilateral relationship.
The incumbent president expressed appreciation to the Australian authorities for voicing their support for Taiwan’s inclusion in international organizations, particularly the World Health Organization (WHO), amid the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which has sickened more than 90,000 people and killed over 3,100. She also extended her condolences to those impacted by the bushfires that raged in the Pacific nation earlier this year.
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