2023-08-18 23:07:36
The Ministry of Commerce of the Mainland announced in April this year that it would launch an investigation into Taiwan’s trade barriers. Spokesperson Shu Jueting said on the 17th that the preliminary investigation determined that Taiwan had trade barriers to the Mainland. Is it necessary to suspend the tax benefits granted to Taiwan under the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) across the Taiwan Strait? She said she would “study and take corresponding measures in accordance with relevant regulations.” The Taiwan Affairs Office of the Mainland State Council further stated yesterday that Taiwan has violated the provisions of the ECFA, and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council supports the measures that relevant departments will take.
Ministry of Economic Affairs: Willing to continue discussions under the WTO framework
In response to whether China is planning to suspend the ECFA, the Ministry of Economic Affairs responded yesterday that China has not violated the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Xinhua News Agency reported that Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said yesterday in response to reporters’ questions that the preliminary findings of the mainland Ministry of Commerce’s investigation into Taiwan’s trade barriers showed that the DPP authorities unilaterally restricted the import of a large number of mainland products, suspected of violating WTO regulations on ” “Non-discrimination principle” and “universal abolition of quantity restriction principle” and other rules have harmed the interests of related industries and enterprises in the mainland, as well as the interests of Taiwanese consumers. Enterprises and business associations from both sides of the strait that participated in the investigation called on the Taiwan region to remove trade restrictions on the mainland as soon as possible.
The Chinese side criticizes our trade discrimination and restrictions to intensify
Zhu Fenglian said that in June 2010, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait signed the ECFA on the basis of the “1992 Consensus”. ECFA is a special arrangement to promote the normalization, institutionalization and liberalization of cross-strait economic relations. Since the Democratic Progressive Party came to power, not only has it failed to take concrete measures to lift discriminatory trade restrictions on the mainland, but it has also continued to intensify. For example, when the investigation was filed, 2,455 products were involved, and it was adjusted to 2,509 during the investigation.
Zhu Fenglian emphasized that according to the preliminary findings of the investigation on trade barriers to Taiwan, the trade restrictive measures taken by the Taiwan region once morest the mainland do not meet the requirements of ECFA to promote the normalization, institutionalization and liberalization of cross-strait economic relations, and violate ECFA’s “gradually reducing or canceling the trade relations between the two sides.” “Tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade in most goods in substance” clause, “We support that the relevant competent authorities will take into account the investigation of trade barriers and take corresponding measures in accordance with relevant regulations.”
After four months of investigation, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce of the Mainland, Shu Jueting, announced the “preliminary investigation” results of the Mainland’s investigation into Taiwan’s trade barriers at a press conference on the 17th. During the policy review, they clearly expressed their concerns and urged Taiwan to earnestly fulfill its WTO commitments. However, Taiwan has not changed its approach so far, and the range of products banned from importing from the mainland has shown an overall trend of expansion in recent years.
China’s petrochemical, textile and other products are blocked in Taiwan
Shu Jueting emphasized that due to the impact of Taiwan’s trade restrictions, “mainland petrochemicals, textiles, electromechanical equipment, automobiles and other products, as well as many high-quality and cheap agricultural products and people’s livelihood necessities, cannot be exported to Taiwan, which has negatively affected the interests of relevant export companies. “.
She said that in the next step, the investigating agency will continue to conduct in-depth investigations in accordance with regulations and announce the final conclusions in due course. As for whether it will suspend or partially suspend the tax incentives granted to Taiwan products under the ECFA? She only said that the Ministry of Commerce of the Mainland will study and take corresponding measures in accordance with the regulations in light of the investigation of trade barriers.
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