September 24, 2021 by archyde

Reporter Lin Enru / Report from Taipei

China recently announced its application to join the Comprehensive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP), which is regarded as causing pressure on Taiwan. However, my country formally submitted its application to join the CPTPP on the afternoon of the 22nd, applying under the name of “Taiwan, Penghu, Jinma and Individual Tariff Areas” (TPM) Join and notify all CPTPP member states to seek support. In this regard, the Kuomintang said that Chinese people are more than happy to see Taiwan being included in the regional integration structure, but “Judging from the current situation, the Tsai government is not ready at all, but is eager to submit the application.”

▲Wang Yumin, Chairman of the Kuomintang Literature and Biography Committee (Photo/Provided by the Kuomintang)

The Kuomintang stated that the CPTPP is a high-standard regional economic and trade cooperation arrangement. President Tsai Ing-wen has been in power for more than five years, and has not seen a prudent comprehensive assessment and society regarding Taiwan’s participation in regional economic and trade multilateral arrangements. Communication, now suddenly announced to apply for CPTPP, Xia Zhongqi must be exposed to the sun to accept inspections from all walks of life.

The Kuomintang said that Chinese people are more than happy to see Taiwan being included in the regional integration structure, but President Tsai Ing-wen must be reminded that joining the CPTPP will not be accomplished overnight and will inevitably undergo a series of complex international consultation processes in the future.

The Kuomintang said that countries or individual tariff areas that intend to apply to join the CPTPP must have informal consultations with existing members, including that the United Kingdom and mainland China have already filed formal applications. The DPP government’s application is already too slow, and it is likely to be forced. Since the Chinese Communist authorities have reacted first and foremost under pressure, it is not surprising that “careful assessment can be repeated, and full communication is slow.”

The Kuomintang emphasized that it hopes that the DPP government will face the reality. Since it has adopted the identity and name of “Taiwan, Penghu, Jinma, and Malaysia’s individual tariff areas” to apply for membership in the CPTPP, it means that it has been in power “resisting China” for many years, but it has not been able to bypass political obstacles on both sides of the strait. Double standard, you can use names such as “Taiwan, Penghu, Jinma, individual tariff areas” and “Chinese Taipei”, but when the Kuomintang used these names when they were in power, they were deliberately labeled as strange and malicious such as “dwarfing Taiwan’s sovereignty” Political label”.

The Kuomintang believes that in order to join the CPTPP, the DPP government should have proposed the adaptation and adjustment process of Taiwan’s existing legal system, as well as the impact and pros and cons of various industries, as well as the impact assessment, and closely communicated and coordinated with related industries to formulate a weekly package. The measures were formally reported to the general public and the Legislative Yuan. “However, judging from the current situation, the Tsai government is not ready at all, but hastily submitted the application.”

Deng Zhenzhong, the chief negotiator of the Economic and Trade Negotiation Office of the Executive Yuan, stated today that Taiwan has formally applied to join the CPTPP under the name of “Taiwan, Penghu, Jinma, and individual tariff areas.”

Deng Zhenzhong stated that Taiwan applied to join the CPTPP under the name of “Taiwan, Penghu, Jinma, and Malaysia’s individual tariff areas.” This name is also the name of Taiwan’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the free trade agreements between Taiwan, New Zealand and Singapore also use this name. Deng Zhenzhong also emphasized that, of course, Taiwan is a sovereign and independent country. However, in terms of economic and trade agreements, this name has been used for many years. Because of the least controversy, it has also used this name for applications.