As we reported here [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/taiwan-may-challenge-china-at-the-wto-over-fruit-bans/] , in September China’s Customs agency announced [http://www.customs.gov.cn//customs/302249/zfxxgk/zfxxgkml34/3892452/index.html] (link in Chinese) that it would suspend imports of sugar apples (also known as custard apples) and wax apples from Taiwan, because

At a Washington International Trade Association (WITA) webinar on the CPTPP [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss-ZYzWe77Y] yesterday, Tim Groser, formerly New Zealand's ambassador to the United States, and Wendy Cutler, formerly of USTR, both offered thoughts on various aspects of the applications by China and Taiwan

On October 12, the Trade Subcommittee of the Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade heard testimony from [https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=committees/commjnt/25097/&sid=0001] Elliott Charng of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office

As we reported [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/wto-government-procurement-committee-debates-appointment-of-taiwanese-delegate-as-chair/] last month, there has been some heated debate over the appointment of Ms Liang-Rong Lin [https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3948974] of Taiwan -- or the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei), as it is

On September 30, the Trade Subcommittee of the Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade met with former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott [https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=committees/commjnt/25041/&sid=0003] (currently an adviser to

On September 22 local time, just a week after China submitted an application [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/china-formally-applies-to-join-cptpp-issues-reactions-and-prospects/] to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Taiwan submitted [https://www.ey.gov.tw/otn/47E95C7DA961C934] (link in Chinese) an application as well. As the process moves forward,

After China imposed an import suspension on two types of Taiwanese fruit last week, Taiwanese officials warned of challenging this decision at the WTO. This challenge could simply be raising the issue in a WTO Committee, but if it turns into a formal dispute, it would be the first WTO