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Apr 19, 2023 · Despite Abe’s sudden death, Japan continued to augment its bilateral engagements with Taiwan by increasing legislative exchanges (which include parliamentary delegations traveling to the island) and convening intra-party talks between Japan’s LDP and Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP, 民進黨). Not long after China’s highly ...
Sep 24, 2021 · Japan on Friday welcomed Taiwan's application to join a trans-Pacific trade pact, citing shared democratic values with the island, which China claims as its own.
Sep 24, 2021 · A ruling coalition source said Japan’s strategy will be to use the negotiations for membership with Britain and Taiwan as an incentive to have the United States return to the CPTPP table.
Oct 7, 2024 · The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership was founded by 11 nations, with Britain set to join this year. Liu said Taiwan and Japan can play complementary roles ...
- Consider China/Taiwan Accession from The Viewpoint of The FTAAP
- The CPTPP Must Not Be Allowed to Turn Into The Recp
- Enhance Compliance Monitoring Systems Premised on Us Absence
- Support Accession For Taiwan and The Return of The United States
The initial issue confronting the CPTPP is whether negotiations to admit China should start or not. Recently, the ruling party in Japan has been consistently cautious or negative about accession for China. However, the bottom line is that Japan should not turn China away at the gate. As discussed below, this would not be consistent with the FTAAP i...
But this does not mean that China can be permitted to join under any conditions. The above-mentioned “Pathways to FTAAP” advocates for “comprehensive, high quality” rules. Therefore, if the expansion and development of the CPTPP to reach the FTAAP is the cause that opens the door to China, it is essential that China meets the CPTPP conditions for a...
If the CPTPP is supported and developed into the future FTAAP, it will need a structure that will function autonomously to some degree regardless of the United States’ course of action. As proposed separately (“Maintaining High-Level Rules Should Be the Basis for Allowing Chinese Accession to the CPTPP,” Keizai kyoshitsu column, November 4, The Nik...
As seen earlier, Japan’s ruling party supports accession for Taiwan. Seeing that Taiwan is an important partner in East Asia that shares the values of the rule of law and democracy, this is a given. However, amid fierce opposition from China under the One-China policy, how to provide support is a challenge. At the risk of sounding somewhat outlandi...
May 7, 2024 · Japan’s balancing act will be to remain a staunch proponent of Taiwan joining the CPTPP on the one hand, and also maintain stability within the CPTPP where the schism over whether or not China or Taiwan should join runs deep.
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Nov 11, 2021 · The self-ruled island is pushing to join one of the world’s largest free-trade areas amid tensions with Beijing. Taiwan estimates that joining the CPTPP could boost GDP by 2 percent...
