Taiwan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Issues and Opportunities
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Part 1 - Taiwan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Issues and Opportunities
Over the last 50 years, Taiwan has transformed itself from a developing society into an advanced economy and vibrant democracy. But because of political issues it remains mostly excluded from the wave trade agreements sweeping the Asia Pacific region. This exclusion threatens to shield Taiwan from the forces driving economic liberalization and to undermine its competitiveness. In a recent series of papers, Brookings experts Richard Bush and Joshua Meltzer argue that participating in trade agreements―and in particular the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)―is key for Taiwan, not only for the market access opportunities but as an impetus for enhanced economic policies. TPP membership for Taiwan would also benefit the regional and global trading systems, ensuring inclusion for a major trade partner and a critical link in global supply chains.
On November 20, the Center for East Asia Policy Studies (CEAP) hosted a public seminar examining Taiwan’s prospects for and implications of participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The seminar brought together leading experts and practitioners from the United States and Taiwan to identify and analyze the internal and external obstacles to Taiwan’s participation in TPP, and also the expected results of that participation. Panelists discussed how the TPP will impact Taiwan and how Taiwan’s participation could shape this and other multilateral trade agreements.
Agenda
Introduction
Richard C. Bush
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
Domestic and External Obstacles to Liberalization
Richard C. Bush
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
Philip Yang
Professor, Department of Political Science - National Taiwan University
David G. Brown
Visiting Scholar in China Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies - Johns Hopkins University
Keynote Address
Hon. Vincent Siew
Vice President of the Republic of China
The Imperative of Economic Liberalization
Y.F. Lin
Former Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization - Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
M.T. “Terry” Cooke
Managing Director - GC3 Strategy, Inc.
Closing Remarks
Francis Kuo-Hsin Liang
Vice Minister - Ministry of Economic Affairs
Richard C. Bush
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
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