On September 2, the Trade Subcommittee of the Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade met with three witnesses who supported Taiwan joining the CPTPP as part of its inquiry on " Expanding Membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership [https:

On August 26, the Trade Subcommittee of the Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade met with industry representatives to discuss "Expanding membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership [https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=

At a recent webinar [https://www.cgai.ca/canada_taiwan_relations] hosted by the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, several Canadian trade policy experts commented on the prospects for expansion of the CPTPP to include Taiwan (and to a lesser extent, China) during a panel on "Taiwan and Canada: How

As part of an inquiry by the Australian Parliament into expanding the membership of the CPTPP, both China and Taiwan came up as potential new members. The Chinese Embassy and the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce made written submissions, indicating an interest in joining. During the related hearings, when pressed by

On July 27, the UK think tank Policy Exchange hosted an event [ https://policyexchange.org.uk/pxevents/strategic-trade/] on "Strategic Trade" with former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (currently an adviser to the UK Board of Trade [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Trade]) giving the main

Last week, Bloomberg reported [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-12/biden-team-weighs-digital-trade-deal-to-counter-china-in-asia] that the Biden administration was considering the negotiation of a digital trade agreement with countries in the Indo-Pacific as a way to "check China’s influence in the region" (Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand,

On February 24, the State Council Information Office of China held a press conference [http://www.scio.gov.cn/xwfbh/xwbfbh/wqfbh/44687/44948/wz44950/Document/1699129/1699129.htm] with regard to China’s plan for trade and economic development. Chinese Minister of Commerce (MOFCOM) Wang Wentao, Vice Minister of