Taiwan’s trade deal application sets up showdown with China
Taiwan’s request to join the TPP, coming just days after China’s submitted its own bid, presents the member nations with a difficult choice: admit one, both or neither?
Ending ban on Fukushima food imports may be key for Taiwan's TPP bid
Taipei has been trying to remove the ban on food imports from five prefectures, but prejudice in Taiwan has thwarted efforts.
Taiwan cites 'risk' to its Trans-Pacific trade pact application if China joins first
The original 12-member agreement was seen as an important economic counterweight to China's growing influence.
Japan welcomes Taiwan's application to join CPTPP, says foreign minister
Japanese ministers with responsibilities related to the CPTPP did not make similarly welcoming remarks when Beijing applied to join the regional framework on Sept. 16.
Taiwan applies to join Pacific trade deal just days after China
Taiwan already has free trade deals with two of the members — New Zealand and Singapore — and has been working toward joining the trade agreement for years.
LDP leadership contender Sanae Takaichi holds rare talks with Taiwan president
Tsai Ing-wen joined the meeting with the conservative LDP politician, who is known for her hawkish views on China, in her capacity as head of Taiwan’s ruling DPP.
Japan to donate 1.3 million more AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Taiwan and Asian neighbors
Taiwan will get 500,000 more doses, bringing Japan's total donation to the island to 3.9 million, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters.
Fumio Kishida, top contender to lead Japan, warns Taiwan is ‘next big problem’
"Looking at the situation with Hong Kong and the Uyghurs, I have a strong feeling that the Taiwan Strait will be the next big problem,” Kishida said Friday.
To China's chagrin, Japan-Taiwan talks could pave the way for closer ties
In recent months, the Tokyo-Taipei relationship has grown even closer as Japan became far more vocal in the public sphere about its concerns over China’s assertiveness.
Taiwan and Japan ruling parties discuss China and military cooperation
China condemned the talks last week, saying Japan should not send "wrong signals" about Taiwan's independence.
Japan and Taiwan ruling parties to hold security talks Friday
The talks are the latest sign of a more coordinated response among democratic governments concerned about China’s increasingly assertive actions.
The planned talks are being regarded as the ruling party version of a "two-plus-two" security dialogue between governments, sources said.
