Taiwan: A big Trans-Pacific trade agreement remains open to various graduate members including Taiwan to add, Canada’s government said, after Taipei complained a working group to regard its entry had not been established.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership ( CPTPP ) members did not set up a working group to consider its membership at a ministerial meeting in Vancouver, which Taiwan’s government said on Friday ( Nov. 29 ), saying there should not be any political considerations.
After the creation of the Accession Working Group, or AWG, for Costa Rica, Global Affairs Canada said in a speech to Reuters on Tuesday that existing member states would continue to talk about enrollment calls following the meeting in Canada.
According to the statement,” The creation of an AWG for Costa Rica may not restrict or postpone discussions about Taiwan’s and another applicant markets ‘ Entry Calls” in accordance with the Auckland Principles.
The” Auckland Principles” speak to an ability to meet the higher standards of the deal, a demonstrated style of complying with trade agreements, and recognition that decisions are reliant on people reaching consensus, the statement added.
The CPTPP welcomes the curiosity of and is available to nations that you abide by the Auckland Principles.
Taiwan in 2021 officially applied to meet the CPTPP, less than a week after China said it also had submitted an application. The party now has 11 members- Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, New Zealand, Singapore and Vietnam- and Britain will formally meet this month.
There has also been no working group set up so far to consider China’s application.
Due to pressure from China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, its diplomatic isolation and isolation are few.
However, both Taiwan and China, which has opposed Taiwan’s CPTPP application, are members of the World Trade Organization.
Taiwan asserts that it has the right to engage with other nations and international organizations but that China has no authority to represent it or speak for it on the global stage.