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Trade Policy Review Body    
 
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  CHINESE TAPEI 
DRAFT MINUTES OF THE MEETING* HELD ON 16 AND 18 SEPTEMBER 2014 
Delegations are invited to submit factual corrections, if any, on their own statement to the 
Secretariat (Mrs Barbara Blanquart: barbara.blanquart@wto.org , or to tprd@wto.org ) no later 
than 15 October 2014. 
 
Organe d'examen des politiques commerciales 
 
TAIPEI CHINOIS  
PROJET DE COMPTE RENDU DE LA RÉUNION* TENUE LES 16 ET 18 SEPTEMBRE 2014 
Les délégations sont invitées à soumettre leurs éventuelles corrections factuelles concernant leurs 
propres déclarations au Secrétariat (Mme Barbara Blanquart: barbara.blanquart@wto.org , ou 
tprd@wto.org ) le 15 octobre 2014 au plus tard. 
 
Órgano de Examen de las Políticas Comerciales 
 
TAIPÉI CHINO 
PROYECTO DE ACTA DE LA REUNIÓN* CELEBRADA LOS DÍAS 16 Y 18 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2014 
Las delegaciones pueden enviar a la Secretaría (Sra. Barbara Blanquart: 
barbara.blanquart@wto.org , o tprd@wto.org ) a más tardar el 15 de octubre de 2014 las 
correcciones fácticas que deseen introducir en sus propias declaraciones. 
 
 
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TRADE POLICY REVIEW 
CHINESE TAIPEI 
DRAFT MINUTES OF THE MEETING 
Chairperson: H.E. Mrs Mariam MD Salleh 
CONTENTS 
 
1  INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY THE CHAI RPERSON ....................................................... 3  
2  OPENING STATEMENT BY THE REPRES ENTATIVE OF CHINESE TAIPEI ......................... 5  
3  STATEMENT BY THE DISCUSSANT ................................................................................ 9  
4  STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS ........................................................................................ 11  
5  REPLIES BY THE REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINESE TAIPEI AND ADDITIONAL 
COMMENTS ..................................................................................................................... 37  
6  CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE CHAI RPERSON ......................................................... 43  
 
 
Note: Advance written questions and additional questions by WTO Members, and the replies 
provided by Chinese Taipei are reproduced in document WT/TPR/M/302/Add.1 and will be available 
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1  INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY THE CHAIRPERSON 
1.1.  The third Trade Policy Review of Chinese Taipei was held on 16 and 18 September 2014. The 
Chairperson H.E. Mrs Mariam MD Salleh (Malaysia) welcomed the delegation of Chinese Taipei headed by H.E. Mr. Shih-Chao CHO, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs; the rest of the delegation 
from Taipei; colleagues from the mission in Geneva; and the discussant, H.E. Mr Remigi Winzap 
(Switzerland). 
1.2.  The Chairperson recalled the purpose of th e Trade Policy Reviews and the main elements of 
the procedures for the meeting. The report by Chinese Taipei was contained in document 
WT/TPR/G/302 and that of the WT O Secretariat in WT/TPR/S/302. 
1.3.  Chinese Taipei adopted the alternative timeframe for its TPRB meeting. Questions by the 
following delegations had been submitted in writing at least four weeks in advance and had been 
transmitted to the delegation of Chinese Taipei: EU; Australia; United States; Hong Kong, China; 
China; Switzerland; Canada; Paraguay; New Zealand; Chile; Singapore; Argentina; Mexico; Peru; Brazil; and Indonesia. The following delegations submitted written questions after the four-week 
deadline: Philippines; Turkey; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Colombia; Thailand; Malaysia; Republic of 
Korea; El Salvador; and Ecuador. 
1.4.  Chinese Taipei's economic growth depended  heavily on the exports of goods and services. 
Thus, the sharp drop in global demand owing to the 2008-09 global economic crisis exposed the 
risks associated with dependence on a relatively  limited range of manufactured exports, prompting 
the authorities to seek new engines of ec onomic growth and diversify the economy. 
1.5.  The broad trade policy objectives of Chines e Taipei continued to be focused on its further 
integration into the global economy through its active participation in the WTO and increasingly, 
the negotiation of free trade agreements and ec onomic cooperation agreements. Chinese Taipei 
signed the ECFA with China in 2010, and ECAs with New Zealand and with Singapore in 2013. 
1.6.  Both the Secretariat and the Government re ports noted that Chinese Taipei remained a firm 
supporter of the multilateral trading regime, and had continued with the policy of promoting open, 
liberalized trade and investment regimes as a basis for economic growth. The Government had set 
out a programme of economic reforms, including those on its taxation, land regulation, services 
sector, and health system. Important in this regard were also liberalizing cross-Straits economic policies and pursuing structural reforms notably th e Economic Power-Up Plan and the launching of 
the Free Economic Pilot Zone Plan. Many Members ex pressed their interest in learning more about 
these reforms and assessing their implications on trade.  
1.7.  Members expressed their interests in many issues in their advance written questions. For 
example, Members noticed that inward foreign investment was low by regional standards, and 
were interested in knowing whether Chinese Taipei had plans to formulate more policies or 
measures to further boost inward foreign investme nt. Members were keen to know more about the 
Free Economic Pilot Zone programmes, such as incentives given to foreign enterprises located in 
these zones. 
1.8.  Questions were raised on measures that  Chinese Taipei intended to take to enhance 
competitiveness of the services sector, in particular those with a trade policy dimension such as facilitating foreign investment and further liberalizing the services sector. Regarding the 
Government’s aim to optimize and restructure manufacturing industries, it had focused, inter alia , 
on developments in ICT, value-added and produc t innovation. Members were also interested in 
measures to incorporate services elements into the manufacturing sector. 
1.9.  Agriculture, although small as a share of GDP, had attracted wide attention. For instance, a 
number of questions were raised on plans to reduce and simplify agriculture tariffs. 
1.10.  With regard to TBT and SPS, questions were raised on Chinese Taipei's plans to align its 
import conditions with international standards. On  the protection of intellectual property rights, 
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1.11.  Members had raised, and would wish to raise, other issues which, of course, were potential 
subjects for debate in these deliberations. Over all, this Review provided an opportunity to 
exchange views on matters of interest to all Members. 
1.12.  Finally, the Chairperson wished to inform  Members that they could access the podcast of 
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2  OPENING STATEMENT BY THE REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINESE TAIPEI  
(H.E. Mr. Shih-Chao CHO) 
Opening 2.1.  On behalf of the Separate Customs Territ ory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, I would 
like to thank you for participating in our third trade policy review. We place great importance on 
the trade policy review process, which not only re flects WTO’s important transparency principle, 
but also increases our mutual awareness of trade and economic conditions on all sides as well as 
the development of other Members’ trade regulatory  regimes. We think highly of this review and 
appreciate the opportunity. 
2.2.  I will begin with an introduction of our current economic situation and the important trade 
policies which we are promoting to serve our economic development. I will then illustrate our 
progress in participating in regional economic integrations, and the support and effort we have 
been exerting in all multilateral trade system negotiations.  
Gross Domestic Product an d Economic Performance 
2.3.  Since the last trade policy review in 2010, we have recovered from the impact of the global 
financial crisis. Through active but not impetuous financial policies, our exports have rebounded, marking real GDP growth at a remarkable 11% in 2010. Despite the subsequent EU debt crisis and 
other factors such as slow recovery in major mark ets, countries continue facing uncertain external 
trade and economic situations. During this time, we have implemented various policies to strengthen our trade and industries in order to ensure continuous economic growth. 
2.4.  Figures show that our efforts have achieved  remarkable results. According to the forecast, 
our GDP growth rate will reach 2.98% in 2014 - an increase of 0.89% over 2013 - and for 2015, 
the growth rate is expected to be positive. 
Rankings 
2.5.  In addition to the steady growth of real GDP, our efforts in enhancing industrial 
competitiveness and creating a better business environment have won international approval. According to IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, we are ranked 13th in the overall ranking, 
which fully reflects our strong efforts in boosting the economy through deregulation and the 
promotion of employment and price stabilization. Furthermore, according to the Global Competitiveness Index 2013–2014 Country Profile Highlights published by the World Economic 
Forum, the core of our competitiveness remains mainly in business innovation, product market 
efficiency and the excellence of elementary and higher education. 
Domestic Trade Policies  2.6.  Now, allow me to elaborate on the important policies that my Government has implemented 
for the purpose of raising competitiveness and faci litating the sustainability of economic growth. 
Four Transformations of Three Industries 2.7.  Since 2012, we have been promoting an over all adjustment of industrial structure based on 
the policy of "Four Transformations of Three Indu stries". This industrial structure refinement 
contains a "service-oriented" manufacturing industry, a "high-tech" service industry, an "internationalized" service industry and a "specialty-oriented" traditional industry. 
2.8.  To begin, the "service-oriented" manufacturi ng industry is aimed at providing a series of 
specialty services that can satisfy customers’ demands. It transforms its importance from the 
making of products to those of service orientation with an ultimate goal to help create brand names. The "high-tech" service industry aims to improve the quality of service by substantially 
applying technologies. It is expected to change the traditional mode of management and mind-set 
so that a high-valued services environment can be developed. "Internationalized" services industry 
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employment opportunities, we have aggressively created uniqueness that has market-value for 
this industry. 
Service and Finance 2.9.  Apart from industrial adjustment within, we have also focused on financial and its related 
services which, as we all know, play a major role in facilitating industrial development. To date, 
our financial services market has already been progressively liberalized and for the purpose of 
building a sound foundation for joining regional economic integration, we will continue to review 
and evaluate the legislative and administrative systems for the better. 
Other Trade Policies 2.10.  Good industrial policies come from a good industrial environment. Only in this way can a 
good enterprise and product fully enjoy a competitive edge in the market. For that, we have in 
recent years amended several laws in the field of intellectual property rights and competition, all 
aimed at creating a more conducive environment for businesses to protect their key technologies and enhance competitiveness. 
2.11.  In respect of intellectual property, we  amended the Trade Secrets Act in 2013 with the 
introduction of criminal liability for infringement and the increase of penalties for infringing trade secrets abroad. We also removed the criminal liability for rebroadcasting in business premises and 
broadcasting or simultaneous transmission of copyrighted works which were reproduced under 
authorization in an advertisement. Moreover, we  amended the Statute of Copyright Collective 
Management Organization (CMO) Act that introduces a new system for the joint royalty rate and "one-stop shop" to streamline the licensing application and systemize the review process and 
management style. 
2.12.  We amended the Patent Act comprehensively and substantially in 2011, with the revised Act 
entering into force in January 2013. The 2011 revision includes the simplification of the 
mechanism that applies to the patents. More flexibility is introduced in the substantive 
examination procedures. In addition, the scope of protection for design patents is expanded to include partial designs, computer-generated icons, graphical user interfaces (icons and GUIs), and 
the design of product sets. The patent infringement recovery and the grounds for compulsory 
licensing are also being amended. 
2.13.  We have also completed our amendment of Trademark Act in 2011, which entered into force 
in 2012. In the amended Trademark Act, the scope of objects protectable as trademarks is 
broadened to include any sign with distinctiveness that can identify the origin of products and 
services. The different types and acts of trademark use are defined clearly and explicitly in order to adapt to the economic development of e-commerc e and internet. Additionally, border protection 
is also reinforced by providing a legal basis for customs authorities to take ex officio actions in 
detaining goods suspected of trademark infringement. Lastly, in order to prevent the infringement of trademark, the right is given to trademark owner to take legitimate actions to protect their 
right. 
2.14.  In order to ensure that our competition policies and regulations are up-to-date and in line 
with market development, the Fair Trade Act was amended in 2011. The revised Fair Trade Act 
introduces a leniency program that addresses difficulties in obtaining substantive evidence in cases 
of joint actions. In addition, the Act increases the maximum amount of penalties imposed on 
abuses of market dominant positions and the joint actions that is inconsistent with the current market situation. Along these policy implementati ons and law reforms, we are confident a much 
friendlier environment for fair trade can be built. 
External Trade Policies Objectives 2.15.  Now, let me brief you on our ongoing efforts in actively participating in trade liberalization 
and our support of developmental issues on multilateral level internationally. 
2.16.  Over the past four years, not only have we actively participated in all routine works of WTO, 
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participants of the Bali Package, we are dedica ted to negotiations which would lead to the 
successful conclusion of the Agreement on Trade Fa c i l i t a t i o n  ( T F A ) .  W e  a r e  a l s o  d e t e r m i n e d  t o  
remove the barriers in our domestic systems that could hinder international trade, and to revise related regulations to facilitate the flow of trade. 
2.17.  We continue to put great effort into the negotiations on amending the Agreement on 
Government Procurement (GPA) and expanding the Information Technology Agreement (ITA). We 
are also working on the new negotiations concerning the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) and 
others such as the Agreement on Trade in Environmental Goods and services. We believe that the 
plurilateral liberalization process and multilateral system will complement each other. It will not only bring more trade opportunities, but also take into account environment protection and other important development issues on a global level. 
2.18.  In terms of aid-for-trade initiatives, we have endeavoured to provide financial assistance to 
least developed countries to help their economic development, particularly to Latin-American Members. Moreover, we have granted zero-tariff treatment to products from LDCs' origin. Under 
this preferential treatment scheme, nearly 98% of the total export value of goods from LDCs 
enjoys zero-tariff treatment. 
2.19.  As a member of APEC, we have actively attended APEC’s events and participated in the 
formation of initiatives. For example, in recent years, through the APEC Digital Opportunity Center 
(ADOC) project initiated by us, we have established 101 ADOC centers in 10 participating economies with an aim to reduce digital divide. In addition, we have engaged in the compilation 
and discussion of the 54 environmental items listed by APEC. With this as a base, we will explore 
the possibility of expanding the coverage of  liberalization to environmental goods.  
Regional Economic Integrations 2.20.  During this review, we have concluded several economic cooperation agreements and free 
trade agreements with our major economic partners. We hope that thereafter, trade barriers will 
gradually be removed through regional integration, and the goal of trade liberation will be achieved. 
2.21.  The Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) entering into force on 
12 September 2010 is the first bi-lateral free trad e agreement we have concluded with China. 
ECFA includes built-in mandates for follow-up negotiations on agreements on Trade in Goods, Trade in Services, Investment Protection and Pr omotion, and Dispute Settlement. Among all, the 
Cross-Strait Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement entered into force in 
February 2013. The Trade in Services Agreement was signed in June 2013 and is currently being rectified by the legislative body.  
2.22.  We also concluded The Economic Cooperation Agreement with New Zealand (ANZTEC) that 
came into effect on 1 December 2013. ANZTEC co vers market access, regulatory harmonization, 
cooperation activities, institutional provisions and dispute settlement. Under the Agreement, we 
committed to removing tariffs on 99.88% of goods, while New Zealand committed to eliminate 
tariffs on all goods originating from us. 
2.23.  We signed an Economic Partnership Agreement with Singapore (ASTEP) that entered into 
force on 19 April 2014. The agreement covers trade in goods, trade in services, investment, 
dispute settlement, e-commerce, government procurement and customs procedures. The tariff 
reduction committed by us reaches 99.48% of the tariff lines, while Singapore reached 100%. 
2.24.  Covering wide range of trade issues and of  high-level of liberalization, both ANZTEC and 
ASTEP are high-quality and comprehensive trade agreements. They demonstrate our 
determination and willingness to promote further liberalization of trade. 
2.25.  Apart from bilateral free trade agreements, we will be actively seeking opportunities for 
future participation in major regional economic integration initiatives, such as the two large-scale 
regional trade liberalization schemes: TPP and RCEP. We believe regional trade agreements can help enhance the multilateral trade system and eventually facilitate the upgrade of domestic 
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policies and promoted the improvement of related systems, which include but are not limited to 
further relax monitoring mechanism, raise the transparency of laws so as to well-prepared ourselves in joining the regional economic integration and others alike.  
2.26.  One of our efforts in pursuing a more libe ralized trade system is the establishment of the 
"Free Economic Pilot Zones" (FEPZs) initiated in 2013. FEPZs contains substantial deregulation of 
market access and other trade-related regulations in certain designated zones, along with promoting high-end services such as smart logistics and international health care. Deregulation in 
FEPZs in the initial phase includes the relaxation of limitations on foreign professionals for 
temporary stay, the easing of customs regulations on outsourcing activities by companies located inside the FEPZs to partners outside the FEPZs, an d greater flexibility of land use within FEPZs.  
2.27.  We believe, as a result of works mentione d above, that we can create a more liberalized 
trade system and weave well into the international trade community. All these will better prepare 
us in the participation of TPP, RCEP and other regional integrations in a positive way. 
Future Prospect 
2.28.  Despite the fact that the Doha negotiations still face many challenges ahead, we understand 
the crucial value of trade liberalization to the development of world economy, and the importance 
of the effective function of the multilateral trading system. We will continue providing our full 
support. Looking beyond Bali, we stand ready to cooperate with our fellow Members and are 
prepared to engage in meaningful work dedicate d to achieve a successful and balanced conclusion 
for the Doha Round. We will also continue to expand our participation in ITA2, TISA and negotiations on liberalization of environmental goods. We believe negotiations of the issues raised 
above will add value and functionality to the wo rld trade system and can also provide dynamics 
leading to the conclusion of Doha Round negotiation.  
2.29.  On the other hand, we are of the view that  regional trade integration has a positive impact 
on the multilateral trading system under WTO. We will thus continue participating in regional 
economic integrations, especially in major region-wide liberalization initiatives such as TPP and RCEP. We firmly believe that the parallel developm ent of regional trade agreements will contribute 
to achieve the goal of trade liberalization. 
2.30.  Finally, we will review our domestic trad e and investment system regularly, while carrying 
out the reforms of reducing and streamlining the regulatory regime. We believe that by doing so, 
we will not only improve the level of our econ omy performance, but also help build a more 
liberalized global trade environment. 
Concluding Remarks 2.31.  In closing, let me once again thank you, our fellow Members, for participating in our trade 
policy review. We very much look forward to the exchange of views, part icularly your feedback. 
Through our ongoing dialogue, I believe we will foster a stronger mutual understanding and together build a healthier and more liberalized global economic environment. Thank you all again 
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3  STATEMENT BY THE DISCUSSANT 
3.1.  I want to begin by joining you, Madam Chair, in welcoming the delegation from Chinese 
Taipei, headed by Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Mr Shih-Chao CHO. I would also like to thank Chinese Taipei and the Secretariat team for their high quality reports. They form a good factual 
basis for our discussions today and on Thursday. 
3.2.  It is a great pleasure to serve as discu ssant at the third Trade Policy Review of Chinese 
Taipei. Chinese Taipei became a Member of the WTO 12 years ago and is one of the world's most 
important economic and trading entities.  
3.3.  I hope that this TPR will provide a frui tful discussion where we can learn from Chinese 
Taipei's successes and where we can contribute to the further development of Chinese Taipei's trade policy through other WTO Members' thoughts and inputs. 
3.4.  I would like to take advantage of my role as discussant to start with some very subjective 
impressions on Chinese Taipei's trade policy over the last four years which I have gathered from the reports submitted. I would appreciate it if my impressions would be commented upon and 
possibly also challenged. Then, I will take a look forward and sketch where I see some challenges 
ahead for Chinese Taipei's trade policy. I will then leave it to Chinese Taipei and to the floor to use this TPR to discuss how Chinese Taipei could possibly meet those challenges. 
3.5.  Let me start with some impressions. Lookin g from afar, I get the impression that over the 
last four years, Chinese Taipei enjoyed a stable economic development in a rather stable regulatory trade environment. Continuity seems to be the right adjective to describe the last four years. 
3.6.  When taking a closer look, I recognize several reforms and initiatives which have been 
undertaken by Chinese Taipei in the last four years. In particular, I would like to mention the landmark agreements which constitute the Econom ic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) of 
2010 and the Cross-Strait Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement of 2012 with 
the People's Republic of China. 
3.7.  These agreements are the culmination, at present, of a cross-strait economic and trade 
development which has grown exponentially since the beginning of the 1990's and which started to 
be institutionalized since 2008. 
3.8.  The ECFA was concluded in 2010 - around the same date as the last TPR of Chinese Taipei. 
The conclusion of the ECFA was then considered to  have the potential to profoundly transform the 
cross-straits relations and the region's trade and investment flows. It would be interesting to hear 
from Chinese Taipei to what extent the expectations of the Government have been met so far and if there are challenges in respect of the implementation of the ECFA which had not been 
anticipated. 
3.9.  In parallel to the cross-strait relationship, Chinese Taipei has been very active on the 
multilateral level in the WTO and has concluded Free Trade Agreements with New Zealand and 
Singapore. It has also complemented its international activities with several other policy reforms 
and initiatives at home, like the Economic Powe r-Up Plan of 2012, the launching of the Free 
Economic Pilot Zone Plan, reform of the Foreign Trade Act, the Customs Act and reforms in the area of the IPR-related legislation. All these initiatives have just been highlighted by the Head of 
Delegation of Chinese Taipei.  
3.10.  Chinese Taipei has undertaken many efforts to strengthen its economic position and we 
should in my view commend Chinese Taipei for these efforts. However, we should also ask us, if 
these endeavours where successful and sufficient? Not being an expert on Chinese Taipei, I would 
not dare to make any judgement. It would, however, be interesting to get an evaluation from the delegation of Chinese Taipei on what worked, wher e the jury is still out and where it sees a need 
to complement its action.  
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virtually unchanged since the previous Review. Agriculture accounts for 1.7% of GDP, the 
manufacturing sector for 24.9% of GDP and services accounts for 68.3%. Many challenges to economic efficiency, international competitiveness and high costs for Chinese Taipei's consumers mentioned at the last TPR remain quite the same today. I refer, for instance, to the high direct 
government involvement in the economy, the continuing protection of agriculture and the granting 
of various forms of assistance, including subsidies for agricultural, fisheries, and industrial activities. It would be interesting to know what the main obstacles to domestic reforms are, which 
the Government of Chinese Taipei is facing. 
3.12.  This said, Chinese Taipei is a successful econ omy and, in my view, in a good position to face 
challenges ahead if it maintains the current policy environment and if it gives itself space on the fiscal policy side. By advanced-economy standards, Chinese Taipei's tax revenue base is at a very 
low level.  
3.13.  Looking ahead, I would like to spotlight four issue-areas in particular: 1) reducing the 
vulnerability to external demand volatility; 2) dive rsification of the economy; 3) the need to attract 
more Foreign Direct Investment; and 4) ensuring the availability of a well trained workforce also in 
the future.  
3.14.  Chinese Taipei's is highly vulnerable to sh ocks to external demand. It depends on exports of 
goods and services, which are equivalent to some 73% of GDP. Around 27% of its exports go to 
one economic partner alone (the People’s Republic of China). 
3.15.  Besides export-oriented measures, Chinese Ta ipei should, therefore, also try to strengthen 
its domestic demand. 
3.16.  It should certainly continue its efforts in working towards market-opening in the WTO-
context. As we know in this house, this remains extremely difficult. By this token, I would like to pay tribute to the very constructive and engaged role Chinese Taipei is playing in the WTO, be it in 
the Doha negotiations, the negotiations and th e implementation of the Trade Facilitation 
Agreement or in other negotiations such as the revision of the GPA. 
3.17.  Furthermore, Chinese Taipei should - in ad dition to developing the cross-strait economic 
relations - continue to expand its network of bi-and plurilateral agreements with other WTO 
Members. In this context, we commend also Chinese Taipei's participation in in the TISA services negotiation as well as the efforts deployed by Chinese Taipei to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). 
3.18.  An issue which has been highlighted at the last Review already but remains of concern 
despite several measures taken by Chinese Taipei, is the strong dependence on ICT with - according to the Secretariat report - rather low value-added and apparently limited product 
innovation. It is suggested that Chinese Taipei should possibly overhaul its traditional dependence 
on contract electronics production and move into  higher value-added manufacturing and services 
sectors. 
3.19.  Chinese Taipei has a need to continue its efforts to attract Foreign Direct Investment. 
Chinese Taipei has struggled to increase FDI inflows in recent years. This is, in part a reflection of the difficult global environment but also the dec lining price competitiveness of the manufacturing 
sector, the high government involvement in the economy and possibly a failure to address 
regulatory concerns of foreign investors in matters such as land purchasing and services sector 
access. 
3.20.  Today, Chinese Taipei boasts a well-educated workforce and a stable labour market. 
However, Chinese Taipei may in the medium-term face challenges on the labour market. The likely 
fall in the island's working population from 2016 onwards may increase pressure on the authorities to reconsider restrictions on the employment of foreign workers. 
3.21.  In conclusion, Chinese Taipei is doing quite well, it is evolving, but what may be missing, is 
to see it progress in a substantial way. Challenges observed at the last Review four years ago, often remain challenges yet to be tackled. WT/TPR/W/69 • Chinese Taipei 
 
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4  STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS 
EUROPEAN  UNION 
4.1.  As acknowledged by the Secretariat report , Chinese Taipei is one of the world's most 
important economic and trading entities. Its economic growth is heavily dependent on exports of 
goods and services, which are equivalent to some 73% of GDP.  
4.2.  Acknowledging the importance of trade for its economy, during the years under review, 
Chinese Taipei has continued further its progress towards free market, free trade and 
diversification of its economy. Certainly there is still room for improvement but the EU 
acknowledges the efforts of Chinese Taipei to  implement a programme of economic reforms 
focussing on the conclusion of new free-trade ag reements, including participation in regional 
initiatives, and putting in place measures aimed at improving international competitiveness of its 
products and business environment for operators, also attracting more foreign investment. We 
encourage Chinese Taipei to continue opening up its economy, in particular its services sector and remove trade barriers still in place. More integration in the multilateral trading system can only be 
good for Chinese Taipei and for the other WTO Members.  
4.3.  The EU agrees with Chinese Taipei that stre ngthening the rules of the multilateral system is 
important in improving the interaction among Members, as well as in establishing stable regional 
or bilateral trading relations that can ease the expansion of trade and investment flows. Chinese 
Taipei, in its Government report, declared to welcome the conclusion of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation and to be committed to implement the agreement faithfully . The EU welcomes the 
notification of Chinese Taipei to the WTO with all commitments in Category A. I take this 
opportunity to pay tribute to the overall role of Chinese Taipei in the WTO. 
4.4.  A word, on the EU’s bilateral relationship with Chinese Taipei. The European Union continues 
to be one of Chinese Taipei's main trading partners. In 2013, bilateral trade in goods was 
€38.6 billion, trade in services has reached €7.95 billion, and shows further potential for increase. 
EU companies remain the biggest foreign investors and have a major stake in the economic development of Chinese Taipei. 
4.5.  Overall relations between the EU and Chines e Taipei are positive. The EU has developed lively 
cooperation with Chinese Taipei in a wide rang e of fields going beyond and in many ways 
complementing our trade and investment relations, for example in science and technology, higher education, people to people exchanges and regulatory cooperation.  
4.6.  Despite these positive aspects, the EU has a number of questions and concerns as regards 
Chinese Taipei trade and investment policy making. These cover a certain number of areas of Chinese Taipei’s economy and the issues we raised  are considered and confirmed by EU operators 
as obstacles to trade, often relating to Chinese Taipei’s regulatory regime.  
4.7.  I would like to highlight here the specific case of agricultural products, a recurring issue 
where we regret to reiterate concerns raised during  Chinese Taipei's last TPR. Chinese Taipei is a 
major importer of food products yet EU exporters continue to face unreasonable delays in 
approval; decisions with an impact on trade flows are taken too often without prior consultation of third partners nor sometimes sufficient science-based arguments and outside the scope of existing international standards; companies are named publicly without evidence of wrong-doing.  
4.8.  For instance, the EU is worried by the fact that Chinese Taipei does not recognize the list of 
safely traded products as laid down by the World Organization for Animal health (OIE) and does not respect the BSE- risk categorisation for countries as carried out by the OIE as this translates in 
lengthy and non-transparent risk assessment process which can take several years. Furthermore, 
with reference to Chinese Taipei's animal health  policy, the EU is concerned about the Chinese 
Taipei's interpretation of defining a disease free status, especially while reviewing the applications, 
and not fully taking into account the possibilities for regionalisation.  
4.9.  The EU urges Chinese Taipei to address WTO Members' concerns and to substantially step up 
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steps would not only remove current obstacles for international trade but also further integrate 
Chinese Taipei into the multilateral trading system and increase its commercial links with WTO Members.  
4.10.  In conclusion, let me reiterate that the EU acknowledges Chinese Taipei for the progress it 
has made since the last review and is confident that the current exercise will help Chinese Taipei in 
further reviewing its policies so as to ensure that they are most favourable for attaining its economic objectives while respecting their international commitments in this forum. 
AUSTRALIA 
4.11.  Chinese Taipei is an important economic partner for Australia. Chinese Taipei was Australia's 
seventh-largest merchandise export market in 2013, largely due to Chinese Taipei's substantial import of Australian minerals and energy resources, which help sustain Chinese Taipei's industries. 
In return, Chinese Taipei exported nearly US$4 billion worth of merchandise to Australia in 2013, 
including high-tech products such as telecommunications equipment and computers. Two-way merchandise trade has shown consistent long term growth, averaging 7.5% over the past ten 
years. Two-way services trade is substantial, worth over US$1 billion in 2013. Tourism and 
education-related travel, which make up the bulk of our services trade, continue to build people-to-people links, and a pleasing, emerging tr end is the remarkable popularity of Australia's 
working holiday programme among young travellers from Chinese Taipei. 
4.12.  The investment relationship between Australia and Chinese Taipei has historically lagged 
behind the strong trade relationship, but is beginning to see signs of sustained growth. The Australian Government prioritize the creation of a stable and open environment for inward foreign 
investment, and we urge Chinese Taipei to continue to make reforms that will encourage 
investment and grow the regional economy. 
4.13.  Chinese Taipei has declared a policy direction of trade and investment liberalization, 
including the creation of the conditions to allow it to join regional trade agreements such as the 
Trans-Pacific Partnership. Australia applauds Chinese Taipei's resolve to tackle domestic reform, which can be difficult for domestic constituencies to accept. However, we urge Chinese Taipei to 
look outside the frame of bilateral or plurilateral negotiations and to consider more fully the 
benefits of unilateral liberalization. Australia's own experience with unilateral trade liberalization has helped transform our economy from a small domestic market protected by high tariff walls into an open, competitive economy supplying world markets. 
4.14.  Chinese Taipei is experimenting with unilateral liberalization by establishing Free Economic 
Pilot Zones. While this might help attract some limited investment into the zones themselves, we encourage Chinese Taipei to look at economy-wide reforms, which will have the most impact. 
4.15.  In particular, we urge Chinese Taipei to seriously consider reducing subsidies and support to 
uncompetitive agricultural enterprises. Protective measures such as these are not free of cost, and place an unnecessary burden on other, more e fficient sectors of the economy. Agricultural 
production in Chinese Taipei has shrunk to less than 2% of GDP in spite of substantial government 
support measures. The report by the Secretariat no tes that there has been no significant change 
to the legislative and institutional framework in the agricultural sector, and the tariff schedule has barely changed since the last Review in 2010. This  is disappointing given Chinese Taipei's stated 
policy goal of pursuing liberalization. 
4.16.  We welcome Chinese Taipei's participation in and commitment to the multilateral trading 
system and delivering concrete outcomes by MC10. Chinese Taipei stands to benefit from further 
multilateral liberalization through the WTO. Australia works closely with Chinese Taipei helping to 
nurture a vibrant and healthy WTO system. We look forward to continuing to work with Chinese Taipei and other WTO Members to capture the benefits of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation. 
4.17.  Australia welcomes Chinese Taipei's positive engagement in the Trade in Services 
Agreement negotiations. Australia is hopeful that these negotiations will provide a mechanism for Chinese Taipei to extend improved trade commitments to more WTO Members and encourage further liberalization. WT/TPR/W/69 • Chinese Taipei 
 
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UNITED  STATES 
4.18.  The current Trade Policy Review of Chinese Taipei by WTO Members fittingly coincides with 
the undertaking of a domestic trade policy review  conducted by Chinese Taipei authorities. On 
1 January 2014, President Ma Ying-Jeou addressed his people to explain the vital importance that 
trade plays in the Chinese Taipei economy. And as the Secretariat notes in its report, Chinese 
Taipei places a great value on trade as 73% of its GDP comes from exports. This year, Chinese Taipei has continued to play an active role in WTO multilateral and plurilateral trade negotiations, 
explored potential engagement in new bilateral and regional trade liberalization initiatives, and 
begun to proactively take action designed to bring Chinese Taipei’s trade policies in line with its goals.   
4.19.  The United States and Chinese Taipei continue to have strong and diverse trade and 
investment ties. Chinese Taipei is currently the United States’ 12th largest goods trading partner 
with US$63 billion in total two-way trade. U.S.-Chi nese Taipei services trade remains strong, with 
a total of US$19 billion in two-way trade in 2012. Im portant U.S. exports to Chinese Taipei include 
machinery, electrical machinery, and aircraft. Chinese Taipei also is an important agricultural 
market for U.S. farmers, who exported US$3.1 billion in 2013, making Chinese Taipei the United States’ 7th largest agricultural export market. 
4.20.  Chinese Taipei has been an active and positi ve partner in multilateral and plurilateral trade 
liberalization initiatives. Since 2010, Chinese Taipei has positively participated in the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) and has implemented its commitments under the revised GPA. Chinese Taipei was also an active and constructive voice in WTO Trade Facilitation 
Agreement negotiations, and continues to participate actively in ongoing negotiations including the 
Information Technology Agreement and Trade in Services Agreement. And at APEC, Chinese Taipei joined the United States and 13 other economies to support the negotiations on an Environmental 
Goods Agreement.   
4.21.  The United States commends Chinese Taipei on strong efforts it has made over the past 
four years to liberalize its trade and investment regime and further integrate with the global 
economy. For instance, beginning in 2013, Chinese Taipei has implemented important legal 
reforms to improve its trade secrets enforcement regime. Proposed amendments intended to reduce regulatory reviews and to increase transparency in the process for reviewing foreign investment into Chinese Taipei are currently pending legislative review. Chinese Taipei’s Financial 
Services Commission has played an important role in welcoming foreign investment by lifting data 
localization requirements for financial institutions  such as banks. Chinese Taipei also implemented 
regulatory changes in 2014 that brought its technical standards into compliance with international 
norms in certain industries. 
4.22.  While Chinese Taipei has reason to be pleased with the results of its efforts to date, the 
United States would like to highlight several areas that we believe need greater attention. 
Although it established a maximum residue level (MRL) for ractopamine in beef muscle cuts in 
2012, Chinese Taipei has not set an MRL for ractopamine in pork and other beef products despite the Codex Alimentarius (Codex) adoption of MRLs for ractopamine in these products. Further, Chinese Taipei maintains unpredictable policies that impede the importation of rice, organic 
products, and other products.   
4.23.  In other areas, the United States observes a need for more continued progress by Chinese 
Taipei in improving the transparency and predictability of the investment review process. On 
intellectual property rights protection and enforc ement, the United States urges Chinese Taipei to 
devote more resources and create new incentives for enforcement authorities to investigate intellectual property crimes and develop new tools to deal with infringement made possible by new 
technologies and taking place on or near university campuses. Pharmaceutical and medical device 
manufacturers continue to face challenges, includ ing delays in introducing new products to the 
market, non-transparent pricing and reimbursement policies, and weaker IP protection than in comparable markets. As Chinese Taipei revises sectoral laws and regulations, industries regularly 
find Chinese Taipei’s regulations to be more onerous than other economies, which can prevent or 
delay products from being introduced to consumers. The United States encourages Chinese Taipei to more thoroughly examine international standards and avoid creating technical barriers to trade 
that discourage imports and investment. We also  encourage Chinese Taipei to notify under 
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4.24.  The United States is heartened by statements  made this year by Chinese Taipei’s leadership 
to encourage Chinese Taipei to proactively liberalize its trade and investment regime. For Chinese Taipei to meet its ambitious trade and investment goals these statements must be backed up with 
swift and concrete action. The United States welcomes the early fruits of these efforts and will 
continue to engage with Chinese Taipei across the many forums and initiatives that we have 
established in order to further break down trade barriers and strengthen our economic ties.   
HONG
 KONG,  CHINA 
4.25.  During the review period, Chinese Taipei has continued to pursue economic reforms to 
strengthen its competitiveness and increase trade and investment. It remains one of the world’s most important trading economies, ranking 14th in the latest Global Competitiveness Index published by the World Economic Forum and 16t h out of 183 economies in the World Banks’s 
“Ease of Doing Business” Survey this year. 
4.26.  Chinese Taipei is a valuable trading partner of Hong Kong, China (HKC). Our bilateral 
merchandise trade grew steadily, at an average annual growth rate of 10% from 2009 to 2013. 
Last year, we were each other’s 4th largest trading partner in goods, with total trade value 
exceeding US$43 billion. On trade in services, Chinese Taipei was our 5th largest trading partner in 2012, with particularly strong performance in sectors such as travel, transportation and other 
business services.   
4.27.  As neighbours, we have developed very close trade and economic ties. One important 
reason is that, both of us being staunch supporters of the multilateral trading system, we share the same vision on open market and free trade. In  our respective areas of strengths, we play key 
roles in the global and regional value chains. We hope Chinese Taipei and HKC can make good use 
of our comparative advantages, complement each other and, through closer cooperation, work 
together for greater regional economic integration.   
4.28.  We understand that investment promotion, alongside trade expansion, is a major economic 
development goal of Chinese Taipei. We appreciate the authorities’ initiatives to create a friendly investment environment for foreign investors, su ch as launching the “Free Economic Pilot Zone 
(FEPZ) Plan” and establishing the “InvesTaiwan Service Center”. We look forward to further 
liberalization of Chinese Taipei’s foreign investment regime, in particular the second phase of the FEPZ project which aims at promoting freer movement of personnel, goods and capital. 
4.29.  Given the importance of services to Chin ese Taipei in both GDP and employment terms, 
continued liberalization of trade in services would be beneficial to its economic growth and 
sustainable development. We note that Chinese Ta ipei has done so, both in the FEPZs and through 
economic cooperation agreements with other econ omies. It has also developed certain services 
sectors, such as financial services, telecommunication, tourism and road transport services. We 
encourage Chinese Taipei to go further, for instance, by relaxing market-access conditions. 
4.30.  Earlier this year, HKC joined Chinese Taipei and 12 other WTO Members to initiate a 
plurilateral agreement for the liberalization of trade in environmental goods. Negotiation was 
formally launched on 8 July. We believe that the Agreement will contribute to the multilateral trading system and provide impetus to the Doha  Development Agenda negotiations. We look 
forward to working closely with Chinese Taipei and other participants towards the timely and 
successful conclusion of this Agreement. 
4.31.  Like Chinese Taipei, HKC urges for timely implementation of the Agreement on Trade 
Facilitation. We commend Chinese Taipei’s recent efforts in putting in place many of the measures 
envisaged in that Agreement, such as signing au thorised economic operator mutual recognition 
agreements with trading partners and implementing a Single Window system to accelerate customs clearance. We are also pleased to note that Chinese Taipei has scheduled all the 
provisions in Section I of the Agreement as Category A commitments. 
4.32.  Regarding tariffs, we appreciate that two amendments to the schedule in 2010 and 2012 
had reduced tariff on certain products, but the tariff structure remains rather complex, with multiple and non- ad valorem  rates. We encourage Chinese Taipei to simplify its tariff structure to 
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4.33.  In addition, we note that the tariff regime for agriculture was not as liberal as that for other 
sectors. The average applied rate remained at 22.1%, which was a lot higher than the 5% for 
non-agricultural products. Besides, despite its minor role in the economy, agriculture continued to be a major recipient of government assistance including domestic support and border protection. 
The continued use of TRQs also impeded trade: ce rtain out-of-quota rates were so high that out-
of-quota imports were almost prohibitive. We encourage Chinese Taipei to further liberalize agricultural trade, so as to bring greater benefits to traders and consumers alike. 
4.34.  Finally, I would like to commend the contributions made by Permanent Representative 
Ms Lai to the work of the WTO, especially in her role as the coordinator of the Group of Recently 
Acceded Members. We also thank the delegation  for using the more interactive alternative 
timelines, and for the prompt replies it provided to our questions.  
CHINA 
4.35.  As one of the most vibrant and competitive global economies, Chinese Taipei has achieved 
smooth and steady economic growth since its last review. Its international competitive advantages 
in services and manufacturing industries, information technology and tourism are extensively 
recognized as important factors in driving that growth. We are also happy to see Chinese Taipei 
has taken full advantages of the growth of the Mainland China's vast market to leverage itself 
against post crisis shocks. Having said that, we note that Chinese Taipei also faces a high risk of 
economic fluctuation in its export-oriented economy.  In addressing this challenge, Chinese Taipei 
is pursuing structural reforms and seeking new en gines of economic growth in a bid to achieve a 
more diversified and resilient economy. Chinese Taip ei is also promoting the Plan of Free Economic 
Pilot Zone to further open up its market and selects key service industries including tourism as the 
major engines to drive its economic development. We hope that the achievements of these reform 
measures and policies could harvest soon. 
4.36.  Mainland China and Chinese Taipei have s een ever closer economic and trade interchanges 
since the previous review. According to our stat istics, trade volume across the Strait increased 
from US$145.37 billion in 2010 to US$197.28 billion in 2013, with an annual growth rate of over 
10%. Currently, Chinese Taipei is our seventh biggest trading partner, and we are the biggest 
source of trade surplus of Chinese Taipei. To date, investors from Chinese Taipei have accumulatively invested over US$110 billion in mo re than 90,000 projects, ranking the second in 
terms of total overseas investment in Mainland China. Meanwhile, more than 530 enterprises from 
Mainland China have invested over US$1 billion in Chinese Taipei. 
4.37.  Moreover, the consensus to further economic integration across the strait has created great 
opportunities for Chinese Taipei to upgrade its economy. Enterprises from both sides have fully 
enjoyed dividends of the early harvest progra mmes of the Economic Cooperation Framework 
Agreement (ECFA) signed in June 2010. With respect to trade in goods, the value of commodities benefiting from the ECFA has reached US$34.7 bi llion, and in services, more than 420 service 
enterprises and projects are covered by this initiative so far. In 2013, Mainland China and Chinese 
Taipei completed the negotiation and signed fo llow-up agreements of the ECFA including the 
Cross-Strait Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement and the Cross-Strait Agreement on Trade in Services. These agreements, if implemen ted smoothly, will promote economic integration 
and deliver win-win results for both sides. As stated in the Secretariat Report, the ECFA would 
boost services-sector by increasing tourism from Mainland China and support employment, thus promoting household consumption to continue as the main growth driver. 
4.38.  Nevertheless, we are concerned with the imbalance of trade and investment across the 
Strait. The trade deficit of Mainland China with Chinese Taipei has reached US$116 billion in 2013 and a huge gap also exists in investment. One im portant reason behind su ch imbalance is that 
Chinese Taipei has not treated Mainland China as equally as other WTO Members. Its market is 
much less opened to investors from Mainland China. Discriminatory measures still remain in trade and investment towards Mainland China's exporter s and investors. For example, in the field of 
trade, the Secretariat Report states that "As of 10 April 2014, 2,186 products from Mainland China 
at HS 10-digit level were prohibited from importation into Chinese Taipei", that includes more than 
1,200 industrial products and over 900 agricultural  products. With regard to investment, only 51% 
of service projects and 51% of public construc tion projects were opened to investors from 
mainland China. Restrictive measures include high threshold for market access, cumbersome 
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have impeded the potential development of cross-Strait economic and trade cooperation and 
would harm the economic development of Chinese Taipei itself. 
4.39.  In this regard, we urge Chinese Taipei to honour its WTO commitment in an all-round way, 
rectify its trade policies and practices inconsistent with the WTO rules, including removing 
discriminatory measures targeted at Mainland China. 
SWITZERLAND 4.40.  As already noted in preceding statements, factors such as weaker demand in main export 
markets, increased competition in key industries, pressure on production costs and demographic 
shifts provide for a challenging environment for Chinese Taipei's industries and policy makers. While acknowledging the important efforts already undertaken to address these evolving challenges, we are keen to learn more about th e effects of measures already taken and further 
steps envisaged by Chinese Taipei.  
4.41.  Bilaterally, I am pleased to say that Sw itzerland’s trade and investment relations with 
Chinese Taipei have remained sound and stable. While merchandise trade saw a certain slowdown 
last year, overall trade flows have increased significantly since the last TPR. At the same time, and 
as a sign of confidence in Chinese Taipei's economy, Swiss companies have continued to invest considerably in the Territory.  
4.42.  In view of the TPR today, Switzerland has submitted several questions in writing. We would 
like to thank the Delegation of Chinese Taipei for the answers provided and will further examine 
these with great interest.  
4.43.  As regards our question on Free Economic Pilot Zones, we would appreciate further specific 
information concerning added flexibilities for employment and for capital flows benefitting 
companies operating in such zones.  
4.44.  With respect to our question on the settlem ent of foreign investment disputes, we would like 
to invite Chinese Taipei to provide additional information on the interplay between domestic law 
and international arbitration procedures in cases of disputes under bilateral trade and investment treaties.  
4.45.  In conclusion, Switzerland would like to  highlight and commend the important and very 
constructive role of Chinese Taipei in the WTO and convey our best wishes for a successful Trade Policy Review. 
CANADA 
4.46.  Canada highly values the constructive en gagement of Chinese Taipei, both at the WTO and 
beyond. Our interactions in Geneva are op en and honest, and above all pragmatic and 
constructive. Chinese Taipei has proven to be a reliable partner in the ongoing work and 
multilateral negotiations of the WTO, including our work together as "Friends of the System". 
Further, Canada recognizes Chinese Taipei's constructive contributions to plurilateral initiatives including ITA expansion, the Environmental Go ods Agreement negotiations, the Government 
Procurement Agreement, and the TISA. Beyond Geneva, we enjoy a close working relationship in 
forums such as APEC, and I am told the same holds in capitals where our officials share similar working relationships. 
4.47.  My observations regarding Chinese Taipei's recent accomplishments and challenges focus on 
two themes: integration into regional and global value chains, and economic liberalization 
consistent with international norms. 
4.48.  Chinese Taipei's success in high technology value chains is well known, and stands as an 
excellent example of building economic progress th rough integration into regional and global value 
chains. However, its future success hinges on its ability to both liberalize and globalize in order to keep pace with the reality of broader regional economic integration. WT/TPR/W/69 • Chinese Taipei 
 
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4.49.  Its position within the growing Asian region provides immense opportunities for continued 
growth. Growth in Asia is projected to edge up to 5.1% in 2014 and external demand will likely 
continue to present opportunities. Growth in Chinese Taipei is projected to be more modest, with the IMF expecting growth of 3.1% in 2014. Chinese Ta ipei will thus have to work hard to engage a 
broad range of partners to capitalize on the benefits of regional and global economic integration. 
4.50.  The Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) signed with China in 2010 is 
possibly the most significant economic event underta ken by Chinese Taipei in this review period 
and it promises to continue to benefit both partners. How ECFA's follow-up agreements will 
progress is something that will be of interest to all Members. In this regard, Canada notes that Chinese Taipei and China signed an agreement on services in June 2013 that is not yet ratified. 
4.51.  Canadians understand well the potential be nefits of having a mega-market as a neighbour, 
as well as the need to ensure a healthy diversification in trade relationships. To this end, we 
congratulate Chinese Taipei on the conclusion of  free trade negotiations with both Singapore and 
New Zealand, and warmly welcome its interest in pursuing broader regional economic integration. 
4.52.  I would like to recognize Chinese Taipei for its efforts towards achieving greater regulatory 
alignment with international norms, for addressing economic irritants and for taking concrete steps 
towards exploring new approaches to economic liberalization since its last trade policy review. 
Efforts such as the implementation of a competition policy, enhancements of its intellectual 
property regime, and steps towards liberalization in the financial sector can be expected to contribute to investment attraction and economic strengthening, and will stand Chinese Taipei in good stead as it prepares to engage in trade negotiations that demand a high level of ambition. 
4.53.  However, there remains much to be done. Examples would include: improving the scientific 
basis for measures governing trade in agricultural products and the testing and inspection regime at the border; expanding the benefits of the "Free Economic Pilot Zones" across Chinese Taipei's 
territory; and liberalizing the process by which investment decisions in the energy sector can be 
taken. 
4.54.  This year we held the tenth annual bilateral Economic Consultations in Taipei. The 
discussions were fruitful and provided the opportunity to recall the recent resolution of a key trade 
irritant. Canadian bone-in beef and other specif ied beef products were granted access to the 
Chinese Taipei market in early 2014. Canada welcom es the resolution of this longstanding issue, 
but encourages Chinese Taipei to address othe r SPS issues, like ractopamine for pork, in 
accordance with internationally recognized science-based standards. We look forward to working 
with officials from Chinese Taipei as they address outstanding barriers to trade in accordance with international norms and commit to greater liberalization. 
4.55.  In conclusion, Chinese Taipei's efforts to wards reorienting its trade policy agenda have not 
gone unnoticed by Canada and other Members. In embracing projects that challenge the status 
quo, Chinese Taipei communicates its vision of a region of freer trade. Achieving momentum 
towards delivering on such an agenda can be di fficult, but we applaud the work that has been 
done so far. 
PARAGUAY 4.56.  Estimamos positivamente la participación de Taiwán en este ejercicio, en este momento de 
recuperación económica, superando los obstáculos que ha presentado la pasada crisis financiera 
internacional. 
4.57.  En ese sentido, y como todos aquí sabemos, la economía Taiwanesa se encuentra entre las 
más abiertas del mundo, con una plataforma productiva realmente orientada a la exportación. 
Gracias a ello, posterior a la crisis económica de 2008, el PIB real ha crecido en un 11% y la formación bruta de capital en un 23%. Como siempre, el dinámico sector de servicios ha jugado 
un papel clave en este desempeño, representando el 65% del PIB y 60% del empleo. 
4.58.  El Índice "Doing Business" del Banco Mundia l, le reconoce a Taiwán el puesto número 16 a 
nivel general y el número 18 en lo referente al indicador de comercio transfronterizo. Esto ubica a T a i w á n  e n  l a  v a n g u a r d i a  m u n d i a l  e n  l o  r e f e r e n t e  a l  o s  t i e m p o s  y  c o s t o s  p a r a  c o m p l e t a r  c a d a  WT/TPR/W/69 • Chinese Taipei 
 
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procedimiento oficial para exportar e importar la mercadería, desde el acuerdo contractual entre 
las dos partes hasta la entrega. Este hecho quedó demostrado en la proactiva participación de Taiwán en las negociaciones del Acuerdo sobre Facilitación de Comercio. 
4.59.  En ese contexto favorable, el logro más resaltante de Taiwán ha sido la introducción de 
reformas para la liberalización del régimen de inversiones, reformas fiscales y con respecto a los 
derechos de propiedad intelectual. De igual manera, vale mencionar el Plan de Desarrollo Nacional Cuatrienal, actualmente vigente, en el cual el Gobierno taiwanés da alta propiedad a la expansión 
del comercio y la promoción de las inversiones. 
4.60.  Por otro lado, quiero destacar la excelente relación bilateral que tiene mi país con Taiwán, 
no solo a nivel económico, sino también a nivel político, social y cultural. En el período en estudio, los flujos de comercio en ambas direcciones se han incrementado; los principales productos 
originarios comerciados entre nuestros países son cereales y oleaginosas, carne, alimentos varios, 
algodón y carbón vegetal. No obstante, debemo s reconocer que los niveles de comercio se 
encuentran muy por debajo de su potencialidad. 
4.61.  Vale mencionar que en el presente año, se ha registrado una activa participación de las 
inversiones taiwanesas en el Paraguay, principalmente en los sectores industriales, energéticos y de turismo. 
4.62.  De igual manera, quisiéramos hacer énfasis en la importancia de la cooperación del 
Gobierno taiwanés con el Paraguay, a través de becas de estudio, programas de innovación, proyectos de desarrollo agrícola, así como importantes contribuciones al sistema nacional de información sobre salud pública. 
4.63.  Otro aspecto que nos enorgullece de nuestra relación bilateral es la riqueza de nuestro 
intercambio social y cultural; actualmente vive en el Paraguay una importante comunidad taiwanesa, que está bien integrada a la sociedad, contribuyendo positivamente para el crecimiento 
económico del Paraguay. 
4.64.  Hemos realizado consultas puntuales a la delegación de Taiwán sobre aspectos que 
consideramos importante resaltar. En este sentido, agradecemos las respuestas que nos han 
brindado, entre las cuales queremos destacar el apoyo financiero a las empresas con intenciones 
de invertir en países con los cuales Taiwán cuenta con relaciones diplomáticas. 
4.65.  Para concluir, vale la pena destacar que el Paraguay y Taiwán comparten la misma visión 
sobre el futuro del sistema multilateral del comercio, apoyamos la pronta implementación del 
Paquete de Bali y un futuro programa de trabajo centrado en el desarrollo. 
NEW
 ZEALAND 
4.66.  Chinese Taipei is a significant economic force in the Asia-Pacific and is one of New Zealand’s 
most important trading partners. Trade between New Zealand and Chinese Taipei rose 15.2% in 
the year ended July 2014.  
4.67.  Two-way trade has been boosted by the Agreement between New Zealand and the Separate 
Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu on Economic Cooperation or "ANZTEC", 
which came into force in December 2013. This is a high quality, comprehensive agreement which features complete elimination of tariffs on current exports within twelve years, improved business flows, a high quality services outcome that builds on the WTO General Agreement on Trade in 
Services, and liberalised trade in investment. The agreement includes chapters on Trade and 
Labour and Trade and Environment, including a lis t of 132 environmentally friendly goods to be 
liberalized on entry into force, the first time such chapters have been included in the body of a 
New Zealand agreement.  
4.68.  New Zealand commends Chinese Taipei for the positive strides it has made during the 
review period. We encourage Chinese Taipei to continue its pursuit of trade liberalization 
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4.69.  We have noted the advancements Chinese Taipei has made in terms of its customs 
clearance mechanisms which are having a practical impact on the ease of doing business. We note that Chinese Taipei has been active in supporting others towards similar improvements, including through the central role that it played during the Trade Facilitation negotiations. Like Hong Kong, 
China, we welcome Chinese Taipei’s leadership in submitting in June its Category A notification 
covering all section 1 provisions. We are also working with Chinese Taipei to improve bilateral customs cooperation via ANZTEC in order to further enhance business flows.   
4.70.  We have also noted other improvements that  have been made during the review period that 
are helping to improve the ease of doing business in Chinese Taipei, including amendments to intellectual property rights legislation and the increase in alignment of all technical regulations with international standards. As indicated in some of our questions, we look forward to learning more 
about the free economic pilot zones. We welcome the decision to grant the Fair Trade Commission 
independent status during the review period. The notable jump of Chinese Taipei’s ranking up the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business survey (f rom 25th in 2012 to 16th in 2013) is a tangible 
measure of the positive impact such regulatory reforms can have, and New Zealand appreciates 
the opportunity to hear more from Chinese Taipei during this review as to its plans for further regulatory reform. 
4.71.  It is clear that Chinese Taipei has not opted to "rest on its laurels" during the review period, 
and in this same spirit New Zealand would like to highlight particular areas where we believe that further improvements can be made.   
4.72.  We have noted that non-product-specific AMS for the agricultural fertilizer price-difference 
subsidy rose from NT$43million in 2007 to NT$5billi on in 2009. We urge Chinese Taipei to explore 
options to reduce this sudden and significant increase in support to the agriculture sector, and to ensure that full details of this support programme are notified to the WTO.   
4.73.  We continue to have concerns regarding the very low rates of quota fill for many of Chinese 
Taipei’s agricultural tariff rate quotas, and again urge Chinese Taipei to take steps to address this long-standing problem. 
4.74.  We have also sought information in our wr itten questions about fuel subsidies for agriculture 
and fishing, noting that fuel subsidies are a recognized source of distortion in primary production. Such subsidies are particularly far reaching and harmful in the case of the fisheries sector, including from an environmental and development perspective. We therefore encourage reform of 
this programme and other harmful fisheries subsidies, not least given the scale of Chinese Taipei’s 
fisheries production, imports, and exports. We welcome the transparency that Chinese Taipei has provided on its fisheries subsidy programmes, including through the TPR and its SCM notifications, 
and encourage the continuation and enhancement of this practice.  
4.75.  Notwithstanding our encouragement for further improvements, New Zealand wishes to 
again highlight the advancements Chinese Taipei has made during the review period and commend 
Chinese Taipei for its constructive engagement across the range of WTO initiatives, particularly its 
support for the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) expansion negotiations and its role in driving the launch of the Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) negotiations. 
CHILE 
4.76.  De los antecedentes analizados, se desp rende con claridad que el Territorio Aduanero 
Distinto de Taiwán, Penghu, Kinmen y Matsu es una economía moderna, abierta al comercio internacional, mayormente liberalizada y claramente orientada a los servicios. 
4.77.  El Taipei Chino es hoy la economía número 26 en el mundo en términos de tamaño, y la 18 
en términos de comercio internacional, posición, esta última, que confirma que, a través de la inserción efectiva en los mercados internacionales, es posible alcanzar importantes niveles de 
bienestar social y competitividad económica. 
4.78.  En este sentido, resulta completamente lógico que el sector de los servicios represente casi 
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4.79.  Del mismo modo, esta situación contribuye a que no se introduzcan medidas 
discriminatorias. Bien es sabido que la mantención de regímenes discriminatorios en materia de servicios es complicada de implementar, y a menudo, ineficaz. En términos económicos simplemente no tiene mucho sentido tratar a unos y otros de manera distinta. En el mundo de los 
servicios, los consumidores son quienes imponen las reglas y los proveedores simplemente 
compiten por capturarlos. 
4.80.  A la vista de ambos Informes, pudimos ob servar que desde su último Examen de política 
comercial, el Taipei Chino ha impulsado una significativa agenda de reformas. De todas las 
mencionadas, quisiéramos destacar la "Reforma Institucional", que ha buscado introducir mayores niveles de eficiencia a la gestión pública a través de una restructuración administrativa. 
4.81.  Esta reforma es de vital importancia, ya que sus efectos van mucho más allá de los 
aspectos relacionados al comercio. 
4.82.  "Hacer más con menos", sin renunciar a la facultad regulatoria, y mejorando la calidad de 
los recursos humanos, en un desafío para todas las economías que siempre trae beneficios. 
4.83.  El Taipei Chino es un activo Miembro del sistema internacional de comercio, del que Chile 
forma parte. Destacan nuestras comunes membrecías en el foro APEC y en esta casa. 
4.84.  La negociación del Acuerdo sobre Comercio de Servicios (TISA), en la que ambos 
participamos, refleja también una coincidencia en la prioridad asignada a la agenda comercial 
internacional. 
4.85.  En cuanto a desafíos pendientes desde el último Examen, llama la atención el hecho que, 
particularmente en el ámbito de los servicios financieros, el sector público participa con 
aproximadamente el 50% de la propiedad de las instituciones bancarias. Sin querer manifestar 
una crítica a priori, estamos interesados en conocer sus motivos, ya que en principio parece contradictorio con la apertura y la libre competencia que demuestra en otras áreas. 
4.86.  Chile y Taipei Chino mantienen lazos económ icos importantes, pero claramente mejorables. 
Del total de nuestras exportaciones, más del 80% corresponde a productos mineros, en particular, 
cobre. Esta situación, aunque económicamente si gnificativa, revela que de nuestra parte tenemos 
un amplio margen para diversificar nuestra canasta exportadora y aumentar en ese mercado la 
penetración de productos con valor agregado. 
SINGAPORE 4.87.  Singapore–Chinese Taipei economic rela tions have grown from strength to strength. 
Bilateral trade reached US$44 billion in 2013. This is an 11.6% year-on-year increase from 2012, 
making Chinese Taipei Singapore’s 7th largest trading partner. This is a remarkable leap since 2003 when trade between both econ omies was only US$18.5 billion.  
4.88.  Our mutual investment figures also testify to  our strong economic relations. As of end-2012, 
Singapore companies had cumulatively invested US$4.9 billion in Chinese Taipei, making Chinese Taipei our 8th largest investment destination in Asia. Chinese Taipei is Singapore’s 6th largest 
source of investments from Asia with a cumulative investment of US$6 billion in 2012. Economic 
cooperation has also evolved and progressed, co vering a diverse range of sectors, including 
banking, high-tech manufacturing, food manufacturing and retail. We are confident that the recently concluded Agreement between Singapore and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, 
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu on Economic Partnership (ASTEP), signed on 7 November 2013, will 
provide a strong foundation for further strengthening our trade and business ties.   
4.89.  Despite the adverse effects of the 2008 global financial crisis, Chinese Taipei has steadfastly 
maintained its open and liberal trade and investment regimes. This policy has clearly paid off as 
evident in Chinese Taipei’s robust recovery after 2009 and its continued positive export growth in 
2013 amidst the Eurozone debt crisis. We welcome Chinese Taipei’s unilateral liberalization efforts 
through the establishment of Free Economic Pilot Zones (FEPZs), progressive reduction of 
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window system and authorized economic operator scheme. Chinese Taipei’s notification that it 
would designate all provisions of Articles 1 to 12 of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation under Category A is a strong indication of their progressive trade facilitation regime. We note from the Secretariat’s report that Chinese Taipei’s tariff schedule has been largely unchanged since the last 
review, with the existence of a significant number of complex tariffs. We hope that Chinese Taipei 
can consider simplifying these to provide greater transparency for traders.   
4.90.  In the WTO, our two delegations work closel y together. For example, both participate in the 
ongoing ITA and Environmental Goods negotiations, as well as the recently revised GPA. We 
commend the strong commitment of Chinese Taipei to the multilateral trading system and the constructive contributions of Permanent Representative Dr Lai Shin-yuen and her able team.  
ARGENTINA 
4.91.  Siendo la Argentina un importante productor y exportador de productos agrícolas y sus 
derivados, me referiré brevemente a continuación a la política comercial agrícola de Taipei Chino. 
4.92.  Como destaca el Informe de la Secretaría, pese a su limitada y cada vez menor importancia 
en la economía de ese Miembro, la agricultura, que representa menos del 2% del PIB, sigue siendo 
un importante receptor de asistencia pública, a través, por ejemplo, de la protección en frontera, la ayuda interna, los pagos directos, el sosten imiento de los precios y la subvención de los 
intereses. En efecto, el arancel NMF promedio aplicado a los productos agrícolas, con inclusión de 
los equivalentes ad valorem , es el 22,1%, frente al 5% de los productos no agrícolas. 
4.93.  Teniendo en cuenta que, como también lo manifiesta el Informe de la Secretaría, Taipei 
Chino depende mucho de la importación de prod uctos alimenticios, entendemos que una mayor 
liberalización del comercio agrícola redundaría en beneficio de sus consumidores locales, al tiempo 
que contribuiría a promover la necesaria diversificación de los mercados externos de diversos países en desarrollo, entre ellos la Argentina. 
4.94.  En tal sentido, hemos presentado a través de la Secretaría, preguntas a la delegación de 
Taipei Chino, cuyas respuestas agradecemos de antemano. 
MÉXICO 
4.95.  Taipei Chino se ha convertido en un referente en cuanto al comercio mundial de productos 
de la tecnología avanzada. En los últimos cuatro años ha mostrado una fuerte disciplina monetaria al mantener estable el tipo de cambio real con variaciones de 1.5 puntos porcentuales y la tasas de inflación menores al 2% (0,8% en 2013). 
4.96.  Los servicios se han constituido como el principal motor de su economía, tan solo en 2013, 
representaron el 65% de su PIB, generando cerca del 60% del empleo total.  
4.97.  Taipei Chino ha sido un ejemplo de cómo una economía pequeña puede tener tasas 
elevadas de crecimiento. Sin embargo, el desempeño de su economía estuvo fuertemente 
impactado por la desaselaración de la economía mundial. A pesar de que en el primer trimestre de este año se registró un crecimiento anual de su PIB del 3,1%, éste es menor a los registrados 
previo a la crisis global de 2009.   
4.98.  De acuerdo con algunos analistas, Taipei Chino no cuenta con mucho margen de maniobra 
para inyectar mayores inversiones en proyectos de infraestructura y, por tanto, generar más empleo como lo hizo durante las últimas dos décadas. Al día de hoy, está muy cercano a su tope 
máximo de deuda, la cual en 2013 representó cerca del 35% de su PIB.   
4.99.  Aunado a esto, la edad promedio de su población es de casi 40 años. Con tasas de 
crecimiento muy bajas (0,25%) y cerca del 25% con más de 55 años su población está 
rápidamente tendiendo a ser longeva.  
4.100.  Sin embargo, hay algunas variables que indican que el desempeño de su economía podría 
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i. La tasa de formación bruta de capital fijo parece repuntar. En 2013, registró un 
crecimiento del 5,3%, después de dos años de importantes retrocesos.    
ii. El sector turismo, como potencializador del consumo interno, registró el año pasado 
8 millones de turistas estableciendo una cifra record de visitantes.    
iii. La puesta en marcha de importantes reformas como la del sistema tributario, 
liberalización de las políticas económicas que afectan a ambos lados del Estrecho, el Plan de Expansión Económica y la de Inversiones.  
4.101.  Es de destacar que el sector exportador juega un papel importante en el crecimiento 
económico de Taipei Chino. Cerca de tres cuartas partes del PIB se explican por la exportación de bienes y servicios. Sin embargo, el nulo crecimiento de las exportaciones de mercancías en los últimos tres años y la dependencia a un limitado número de productos y mercados de exportación, 
constituyen los principales retos a corto plazo.   
4.102.  Nos parece importante que Taipei Chino redoble sus esfuerzos en la diversificación de 
mercados y productos para hacer frente a latentes crisis económicas en los mayores mercados de 
exportación. 
4.103.  Nos preocupa el sistema complejo de la es tructura arancelaria de Taipei Chino, el cual 
incluye 150 diferentes tipos de aranceles (86 ad valorem , 16 específicos y 48 alternativos). De 
igual forma, el arancel promedio agrícola es más de cuatro veces el promedio industrial.   
4.104.  Nos llama la atención que durante el período de examen no hubo cambios importantes en 
materia de contratación pública, política de competencia, régimen sanitario y fitosanitario y normas técnicas  
4.105.  En materia de servicios, aún y cuando no  hay mayores cambios en el marco legislativo de 
los principales sectores de servicios, Taipei Chino ha seleccionado diez industrias fundamentales dentro de su política de desarrollo industrial. Estamos seguros que serán un potencializador de su 
crecimiento económico. 
4.106.  Por otra parte, nos congratulamos de la introducción de importantes instrumentos para 
facilitar el comercio, como la ventanilla única y un régimen de operadores económicos autorizados. 
Damos la bienvenida a la notificación de "Categ oría A" presentada por Taipei Chino al Comité 
Preparatorio sobre Facilitación del Comercio, dentro del plazo previsto en el cual se compromete a implementar todas las disposiciones del acuerdo sobre Facilitación del Comercio a la entrada en vigor. No nos queda duda que Taipei Chino hace una importante contribución a los trabajos de la 
OMC y es un amigo del sistema multilateral del comercio.  
PERÚ 4.107.  Nuestra delegación, al igual que lo expresado por otros Miembros, destaca que el Taipei 
Chino sea la 18ª economía comercial del mundo, producto de su orientación a las exportaciones. El 
crecimiento económico depende en gran medida de las exportaciones de bienes y servicios que representan cerca del 73% del Producto Interno Bruto. Los servicios representan más del 65% del 
PIB y generan 59% del empleo. A pesar de la caída de la demanda mundial los años 2008-2009, 
después de crecer a una tasa mayor al 2%, la economía de Taipei Chino espera beneficiarse de una demanda externa más sólida a mediano plazo.  
4.108.  Asimismo, se resalta el buen aprovechamiento por parte del Taipei Chino de sus ventajas 
comparativas en el sector de productos de tecnología de la información que lo han convertido en 
un Miembro sumamente competitivo que a pesar de los retos que debe afrontar, continúa siendo un inversor neto en el extranjero. Cabe aquí re saltar que las corrientes de Inversión Extranjera 
Directa (IED) hacia el exterior casi triplican las entradas de IED. No son solo importantes los logros 
alcanzados por el Taipei Chino, sino que sus objetivos de política comercial sigan centrándose en intensificar su integración en la economía mundial a través de una activa participación en la OMC.  
4.109.  Entre las reformas económicas que el Taipei Chino ha emprendido tenemos la firma de 
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sector servicios, entre otros. De otro lado, se han seguido concediendo diversos tipos de asistencia 
como es el caso de las subvenciones a productos agrícolas, pesqueros e industriales, tal como lo señala el párrafo 15 del Informe de la Secretaría. Asimismo, y como consecuencia de un proceso de privatización que se inició en 1992, pero que ahora está prácticamente suspendido, se 
mantiene un predominio de las empresas de propiedad estatal en sectores como electricidad, 
petróleo, servicios postales, telecomunicaciones, banca y transporte terrestre.  
4.110.  Asimismo, persisten medidas que afectan a las exportaciones y que se encuentran bien 
detalladas en el párrafo 17 del informe, entre ellas, cabe señalar que se mantienen las 
prohibiciones y prescripciones en materia de licencias para determinadas exportaciones, así como exenciones fiscales y reintegro de derechos  
4.111.  En lo que se refiere a la esfera bilateral, el intercambio comercial entre Perú y Taipei Chino 
continúa siendo deficitario para el Perú, cuyas exportaciones a China Taipei en 2013 llegaron a los 
212 millone s de dólares EE.UU, mientras que el monto importado por el Perú fue de 443 millones 
de dólares EE.UU. En su mayor parte, las expo rtaciones peruanas se componen de productos 
denominados tradicionales provenientes de los sectores minero, pesquero, agrícola y petróleo y 
gas natural. En lo que atañe a las importaciones, estas se componen mayormente de bienes de capital y materiales de construcción. Finalmente, el Perú y Taipei Chino compartimos el espacio 
que brinda el Foro de Cooperación Económica de Asia y el Pacifico (APEC) para fortalecer el 
sistema multilateral del comercio bajo los auspicios de la OMC. Asimismo, participamos en otros procesos de integración comercial como son las negociaciones plurilaterales para el Acuerdo sobre Comercio de Servicios - TISA.   
BRAZIL 
4.112.  Chinese Taipei’s economy has displayed solid fundamentals over the review period: an 
upward trend in GDP in the last few years, growing per capita income, low inflation, a large stock 
of forex reserves. Similarly, the customs territory enjoys a comfortable social position, with robust 
social indicators such as consistent full unemployment rates, rising salaries, and low extreme poverty rates.  
4.113.  Such welfare is inextricably linked to pros perity outside Chinese Taipei’s borders, especially 
in its immediate vicinity. The centrality of foreign trade for those results could not be overstated: exports of both goods and services, for the most part within value chains connecting it to China and other neighbouring Asian economies, have a ccounted for nearly 70% of GDP. Strong demand 
for its high value-added products, underpinned by a disciplined focus on innovation and Research 
and Development, has ensured Chinese Taipei a virtuous integration into the world economy and a very comfortable balance of payments situation, with surpluses in both the goods and services 
accounts.  
4.114.  Conversely, while the high degree of openness has upheld economic and social progress in 
Chinese Taipei, an ample reliance on external ma rkets has also made it more vulnerable to 
external shocks. This explains why, in the year s ensuring the outbreak of the 2008 financial and 
economic crisis, GDP growth presented negative or close to zero figures. 
4.115.  To lessen such vulnerabilities, economic reforms have been advanced. Focus has also been 
placed on the attraction of foreign direct investment, the extension of the network of trade and 
economic cooperation agreements, and the diversif ication of the productive structure and trading 
partners. To this effect, investment and trade in services have been promoted, as well as trade with developing countries. Those efforts are not, however, free from challenges. Stiffer 
competition brought about by further liberalization efforts frequently provokes uneasiness in 
domestic stakeholders. 
4.116.  In the WTO, Chinese Taipei has played a pragmatic and positive role, commensurate with 
its share in international trade and the importance of trade for its economy. It is noteworthy that 
the customs territory has never been a respondent in a WTO dispute settlement case and was up-to-date with notification requirements under various WTO agreements in the review period. 
4.117.  Brazil is pleased to be Chinese Taipei’s chief trading partner in Latin America and hopes for 
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over 27% of total exports by the customs territory  to Latin America. Trade flows between Chinese 
Taipei and Brazil displayed a positive trend between 2009 and 2013. They grew by around 55% 
and were increasingly more balanced in value terms throughout that period. However, further 
improvements towards a more even bilateral exchange could and should be pursued.  
INDONESIA 
4.118.  We are pleased to be here today to participate in the Trade Policy Review of the Separate 
Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu. Since its last review in 2010, Chinese 
Taipei has continued with the policy of promoting open, liberalized trade and investment regimes 
as a basis for economic growth. Since then, the customs territory has enjoyed a strong recovery period after experiencing the negative impacts of the Global Financial Crisis. Through the resurgence of exports as well as a robust ec onomic and trade structure, Chinese Taipei has 
undergone a remarkable 11% growth rate in real GDP and a 23% growth rate in gross fixed capital 
formation in 2010. Indeed, Chinese Taipei is a perfect example in which a Member may benefit from the multilateral trading system. 
4.119.  Indonesia further commends the strong role of Chinese Taipei in promoting trade and 
investment liberalization through regional, sub-regional, and bilateral cooperation. We also appreciate Chinese Taipei’s positive contribution in the WTO, not only in the regular work of the 
WTO but also in the on-going efforts to renew the DDA negotiations, as well as active participation 
in various plurilateral initiatives.  
4.120.  On the bilateral side, please allow me to share how Indonesia and Chinese Taipei have 
been engaging in a mutually beneficial trade relationship, which is steadily growing. Between the 
period of 2009 to 2013, our annual trade growth on average was 15.81%, up  to US$10.3 billion in 
2013. Furthermore, we have completed a feasibility study in December 2012, which suggested that we could still enhance our bilateral relations by means of an Economic Cooperation 
Agreement. In fact, the study suggested that such an agreement would not only be beneficial to 
both parties but would also increase the economic growth of other Southeast Asian nations by 0.11% annually. 
4.121.  Nevertheless, despite the positive and strong economic ties between Indonesia and 
Chinese Taipei, we still have some trade and trade-related concerns that, hopefully, could be addressed at this Trade Policy Review. These concerns relate to, among others, investment procedures as well as implementation of international standards and technical regulations in 
Chinese Taipei. Indonesia has also submitted sp ecific questions regarding Chinese Taipei’s 
prohibition on herbal medicine, which we hope that a response could be provided to alleviate our concerns. 
HONDURAS 
4.122.  Luego de una pronta y exitosa recuperación de la crisis financiera mundial, no cabe duda 
que el Taipei Chino continúa siendo una potencia económica y comercial a nivel mundial. Todo esto 
gracias a las oportunas medidas de su Gobierno y a su economía sólida, dinámica y orientada a la 
exportación, ocupando en el 2012 el 19º lugar del mundo por el volumen de su PIB sobre la base de la paridad del poder adquisitivo y fue el 18º  mayor exportador e importador. Actualmente, 
Taipei Chino continúa aplicando la política de promover regímenes de comercio e inversión abiertos 
y liberalizados como base del crecimiento económico.  
4.123.  Notamos con agrado en el Informe de Gobierno, que la política macroeconómica de Taipei 
Chino tiene por objetivo crear una economía de mercado eficiente, liberalizada y competitiva a 
nivel internacional. Las exportaciones, lideradas por la electrónica, la maquinaria y los productos 
petroquímicos han proporcionado el impulso principal para el desarrollo económico. Nos complace observar que el Gobierno tiene previsto dive rsificar sus exportaciones hacia los mercados 
emergentes a fin de crear nuevas oportunidades para el sector empresarial. Además de su 
participación en la OMC y en las negociaciones conexas sobre la liberalización, Taipei Chino también continúa promoviendo sus relaciones económicas y comerciales bilaterales mediante la participación en diversos procesos de integración regional. WT/TPR/W/69 • Chinese Taipei 
 
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4.124.  De igual forma, acogemos con agrado el Plan de Desarrollo Nacional Cuatrienal del 
Territorio Aduanero Distinto de Taiwán, Peng hu, Kinmen y Matsu (2013-2016) que se aplica 
actualmente, en que la expansión del comercio y la promoción de la inversión son dos de los principales objetivos de desarrollo económico. El Gobierno asimismo estableció el Plan de 
Expansión Económica en 2012, con el objetivo de mejorar la infraestructura industrial y explotar 
de forma más eficiente los motores del crecimiento económico para reforzar su capacidad de adaptación a la evolución de las condiciones económicas.  
4.125.  A nivel bilateral, Honduras y Taipei Chin o han mantenido una extraordinaria relación desde 
1965, la cual se ha caracterizado por excelentes vínculos de amistad y cooperación. Desde la firma del Acuerdo de Libre Comercio en el 2008, nuestras relaciones comerciales se han fortalecido considerablemente aumentando en un 62,5% desde entonces. 
4.126.  Deseamos aprovechar esta oportunidad para agradecer la valiosa cooperación económica, 
educativa y la asistencia técnica brindada por Taipei Chino a nuestro país.  
TURKEY 
4.127.  It is commendable that, since its last trade review, Chinese Taipei further improved its 
economic performance while keeping its trade openness and its overall liberal trade regime. Although its economic growth is highly dependent on exports, representing 73% of its GDP, in a 
quite volatile global environment, Chinese Taipei has successfully minimized the negative 
outcomes of global economic crisis and it has achieved a relatively rapid recovery and continued its economic growth since 2010. We are also pleased to see that it has also achieved a positive overall macroeconomic balance which is indispensable for a healthy trade trajectory. 
Unemployment has been steadily decreasing since the last trade policy review and the consumer 
price inflation has also been under control. 
4.128.  It is also noteworthy that Chinese Taipei has nearly doubled both its exports and its 
imports during the last ten years despite the global economic crisis. It should also be underlined 
that the country has also ranked high in terms of social parameters. Its GDP per capita reached US$20,958, which is one of the highest in South-Ea stern Asia. It also has a very high place in 
global human development rankings. 
4.129.  Experience of Chinese Taipei as a leadin g exporter of advanced manufacturing goods such 
as telecommunication and electronic equipment is  a real example of how a small but a globally 
integrated economy can benefit from a trade specialization and prudent value-chain management: 
 strengthening its competition policy through granting of independent status to its Fair 
Trade Commission;  
 modernization of its IPR protection framework through legislative changes and better 
enforcement practices;  
 reducing limitations and restrictions on foreign investments through removal of some 
important sectors from the negative list. 
4.130.  It is also good to observe that Chinese Taipei has taken some liberalization steps in a 
regional context, such as signing economic cooperation agreements with New Zealand and 
Singapore, in addition to its Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China. 
4.131.  That being said, we wish to mention that, as for all Members, there is still room for 
improvement for Chinese Taipei in its trade polic y framework. In this respect, the Secretariat 
report points out to the tariff structure which is relatively complex due to application of multiple 
tariff categories. Chinese Taipei has also increased some of its imports ban practices from 63 to 70 HS ten-digit items since the last trade review. 
4.132.  Coming to bilateral trade relations, our overall trade volume jumped from US$1,47 billion 
in 2009 to US$2 billion in 2013, largely in favour of Chinese Taipei. In this context, Turkish imports from Chinese Taipei amounts to US$1,9 billio n, while Turkish exports amounts to only 
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balance our bilateral relations in both ways, with regard to trade in goods, services and 
investments. 
KINGDOM  OF SAUDI  ARABIA 
4.133.  I would like to thank Chinese Taipei for resorting to the alternative timeframe. This has 
allowed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other Members to submit their questions and receive 
written answers well ahead of this session, thus undoubtedly contributing to the quality and depth of this review. This is also a sign of the importance Chinese Taipei attaches to this transparency 
exercise. 
4.134.  Despite a population of just over 23 million, the 52
nd when ranked in importance in the 
world, a limited territory and scant natural resources, Chinese Taipei remains one of the most important economic and trading entities in the world and ranked 19
th in terms of the size of its 
GDP and 6th in terms of reserves of foreign exchanges in 2012. As Chinese Taipei's economic 
performance is heavily dependent on its exports of  both goods and services, it suffered, over the 
review period, of the sharp drop in global demand resulting from the 2008-2009 economic and 
financial crisis. However, Chinese Taipei's economy remains strong. It grew by 2.1% in 2013 and 
is expected to continue to expand with the de velopment of global dema nd in coming years. 
4.135.  As a result of the recent global economic and financial crisis, Chinese Taipei undertook 
important structural reforms to increase efficiency and competitiveness and broaden diversity 
within its economy. Interestingly, Chinese Taipei selected six "emerging" industries, four "intelligent" and ten key service industries; launched the Economic Power-Up Plan to further strengthen export competitiveness; and established Free Economic Pilot Zones (FEPZ). The 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia thanks Chinese Taipei for the clarifications it provided in the written 
questions it circulated last week regarding these reforms, particularly the "Three Industries, Four Reforms" programme, the "servicification" of indu stries and the operation of FEPZ. The promotion 
of integration between manufacturing industries and service providers and the further liberalization 
of trade in free trade zones will undoubtedly rein force the industry and economy of Chinese Taipei. 
4.136.  Despite a distance of 7,438 kilometres between Riyadh and Taipei, the Kingdom of Saudi 
Arabia and Chinese Taipei are important trading partners and seek to reinforce their cooperation 
on economic and trade issues. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has historically been the largest supplier of oil to Chinese Taipei and received technical support in the agricultural and medical sectors from Chinese Taipei in the 1960s and 1970s. Over the last ten years, the value of trade 
relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  and Chinese Taipei has quadrupled, from 
US$4 billion in 2003 to over US$16 billion in 2013. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been exporting petroleum and chemical products to Chinese Taipei while importing a wide range of 
products, including information technology equipment, spare parts and accessories, machinery and 
textile products. The industrialization and diversification of the Saudi economy has resulted in new joint industrial development projects. As recently as this summer, the Taiwan External Trade 
Development Council lead a trade delegation visit to Riyadh and Jeddah. The Kingdom of Saudi 
Arabia is confident that trade relations with Chinese Taipei will continue to grow on the basis of their complementary assets and shared views for their mutual benefit. 
4.137.  Since joining the WTO on 1 January 2002, only weeks after the Fourth Ministerial 
Conference decided to launch the Doha Developmen t Agenda (DDA), Chinese Taipei has actively 
and consistently supported the strengthening of the world trading system. It has, for example, 
played a key role in the preparation of the last Ministerial Conference by greatly contributing to the 
negotiations on trade facilitation. 
4.138.  Chinese Taipei is also to be commended for its unfettered support for the early conclusion 
of a comprehensive DDA. Chinese Taipei, together with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a number 
of Members, continues to be committed to the successful conclusion of the DDA and will be 
engaged in all efforts aimed at moving the proces s forward. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia firmly 
considers that the conclusion of a balanced DDA taking into account developing countries' concerns while providing for greater tariff and non-tariff liberalization will not only serve to strengthen the 
world trading system, but will also reinforce the global economy for the ultimate benefit of all 
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COLOMBIA 
4.139.  Para el período del examen, la economía del Taipei Chino se ha venido recuperando 
rápidamente de la crisis económica mundial. Esta afectó su crecimiento entre el 2008 y 2009 donde la contracción de la demanda mundial impactó la evolución de las exportaciones y la 
inversión. Desde entonces, su economía ha cr ecido de manera constante y progresiva, dando 
como resultado un crecimiento cercano al 17% del PIB entre los años 2009 y 2013.  
4.140.  Tal como lo manifiesta el Informe de la Secretaría, las exportaciones de bienes y servicios 
representan casi las tres cuartas partes de su economía, generando una alta dependencia de la 
demanda externa y haciéndola muy vulnerable a los cambios en la economía mundial.   
4.141.  En la composición sectorial del PIB, se puede observar que los servicios son el principal 
sector de la economía, representando un 66% del PIB y el 59% del empleo, y las manufacturas 
representan alrededor de su cuarta parte. A su vez, hay una baja y cada vez menor participación 
del sector agrícola en el PIB y el empleo, a pesar de ser un alto receptor de apoyo gubernamental. 
4.142.  Se resalta la balanza comercial positiva tanto en mercancías como en servicios, así como el 
alto componente tecnológico de sus exportaciones. 
4.143.  En materia de atracción de inversión extranjera directa, se manifiestan aún muchas 
dificultades para su crecimiento frente a sus competidores regionales, por lo cual es importante 
que, como indica el Informe de la Secretaria, se atiendan las preocupaciones de los inversionistas 
sobre la reglamentación de la adquisición de tierras y el acceso al sector de servicios.  
4.144.  Reconocemos los esfuerzos que viene desarrollando el Gobierno del Taipei Chino por la 
implementación de su plan de expansión económica.  
4.145.  En relación con la evolución de la política comercial objeto del examen, cabe resaltar: 
 Los esfuerzos realizados por el Gobierno del Taipei Chino por el establecimiento del sistema 
 de ventanilla única para aduanas, puertos y comercio; la implementación de operaciones 
 para facilitar el despacho en aduana y el cumplimiento de las directrices internacionales en 
 materia de facilitación del comercio.  
 La iniciativa del Gobierno por tratar de diversificar sus exportaciones en mercados 
 emergentes y crear nuevas oportunidades comerciales mediante la promoción del comercio 
 y los acuerdos de cooperación económica. 
 Su alta participación en las negociaciones de la OMC, especialmente en la ampliación del 
 ATI, el Acuerdo de facilitación del comercio, el Acuerdo plurilateral sobre Contratación 
 Pública y haber estado muy activo en la aplicación del Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC.   
 El cumplimiento de sus obligaciones de notificación en de los diferentes acuerdos de la OMC. 
 Sobre este punto, esperamos su pronta notificación sobre restricciones cuantitativas. 
 Las medidas que han tomado en frontera para frenar la importación y exportación de 
 productos falsificados y ‘pirateados’. Y, 
 El desarrollo de políticas pesqueras para mantener la sostenibilidad de los recursos 
 pesqueros buscando garantizar su seguridad alimentaria. 
4.146.  De otra parte, aun nos preocupa que se cuenten con aranceles no ad valorem  altamente 
complejos, especialmente en agricultura. Resaltam os el caso del arroz, donde el arancel puede 
llegar a un equivalente ad valorem  por encima del 1.000%. Para este producto no solo se cuenta 
con medidas arancelarias de protección sino también con programas de sostenimiento de precios, 
que refuerzan un nivel de protección alto para hacer frente a las importaciones.   
4.147.  Exhortamos también al Taipei Chino a armonizar sus regulaciones técnicas y medidas 
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4.148.  Por último, me permito indicar que son muchas las lecciones aprendidas del "milagro 
económico taiwanés". Han sabido sacar provecho de la globalización para el desarrollo de su modelo económico sirviendo de ejemplo para el desarrollo de las políticas industriales y de innovación de muchos países latinoamericanos. Esperamos que mediante la política de 
diversificación de la economía, especialmente en el sector de servicios, y el establecimiento de 
reglas comerciales claras con sus principales socios comerciales, permitan que el Taipei Chino pueda mantener una senda de alto crecimiento en el futuro. 
THAILAND 
4.149.  Chinese Taipei and Thailand have held a close-knit trade and commercial relationship for a 
long period of time. Chinese Taipei is currently Thailand’s eleventh largest trading partner, our nineteenth export destination and ninth import source. On the other hand, Thailand is Chinese 
Taipei’s fourteenth trading partner and an important export destination and import supplier. In 
2013, our trade value reached to around US$11 billion slightly decreasing from 2012 by 5%.  
4.150.  The bilateral relationship between Thailand  and Chinese Taipei has been strengthened over 
the areas of trade, culture, and other cooperat ion. Thailand established a Thailand Trade and 
Economic Office and a Trade Promotion Office in Taipei to promote our bilateral trade, investment, academic and cultural exchanges with Chinese Taipei. Furthermore, our private sectors have 
strong connections through the Joint Economic Cooperation Committee between the Chinese 
International Economic Cooperation Association (C IECA) and the Federation of Thai Industries 
(FTI). Later this year, the Joint Committee expects to convene its 24th meeting in Bangkok. 
4.151.  Not only do we enjoy our bilateral relationship with Chinese Taipei, but Thailand also 
appreciates Chinese Taipei’s role in the multilateral trading system and other. In fact, Thailand’s 
percentage of exports of goods and services to GD P is about the same as that of Chinese Taipei. 
Therefore, we hold similar values as Chinese Taipei in honouring multilateral commitments in this 
Organization. Thailand supports Chinese Taipei’s effort to seek new engines of economic growth 
and to diversify its economy in order to be less vulnerable to external demand volatility. Among all its impressive economic performances, Thailand is thankful for Chinese Taipei’s strengthening of 
trade facilitation and promotion activities, reductio n of trade barriers in overseas markets, and its 
active participation in the World Trade Organization. 
4.152.  At this Trade Policy Review, we would also like to commend Chinese Taipei for choosing to 
use the alternative timeframe for submission of written questions and responses showing its 
willingness and readiness to be involved in the Organization. 
4.153.  In this review, Thailand submitted several questions to Chinese Taipei on foreign 
investment disputes, intellectual property rights, and the "Three Industries, Four Reforms" 
programme which aims to adjust the economy’s industrial structure. We are looking forward to 
receiving and studying Chinese Taipei’s response with great interest. 
4.154.  In closing, Thailand would like to express its appreciation to the delegation of Chinese 
Taipei for today’s presentation and their upcoming response to our questions. We are grateful for 
the bilateral and multilateral relationships with them and very much appreciate the continuing close cooperation of Permanent Representative Dr Shin-Yuan Lai and her officers with the Thai Mission.   
REPUBLIC
 OF KOREA 
4.155.  Chinese Taipei’s economy has demonstrat ed strong res ilience during the period under 
review by overcoming repercussions from the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. As the Secretariat 
report pointed out, Chinese Taipei, the world’s 18th largest trader in terms of 2012 trade volume, 
has experienced strong, albeit somewhat volatile, economic performance during the review period since the economy of Chinese Taipei has been heavily dependent on external demand. 
4.156.  Against the backdrop, we would like to commend Chinese Taipei on its continuous efforts 
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international trade, facilitating foreign investments as well as overcoming a heavy reliance on the 
ICT sector.   
4.157.  Korea and Chinese Taipei are not only firm believers in the rule-based multilateral trading 
system, embodied by the WTO, but also are strong  supporters of its enhancement. Chinese Taipei 
has been actively participating in the DDA negotiations as well as plurilateral negotiations on the 
expansion of the ITA, the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), the revision of the 1994 Government Procurement Agreement and the libe ralization of environmental goods. We are 
especially pleased to be in close cooperation with Chinese Taipei in various WTO negotiations. 
Along these lines, we expect Chinese Taipei will continue to contribute to the enhancement of the 
WTO system. 
4.158.  On the bilateral front, Korea and Chinese Taipei are enjoying a robust and strongly 
interlinked economic relationship. In 2013, Chinese Taipei was Korea's 6th largest trading partner, 
while Korea also stands as Chinese Taipei’s 6th largest trading partner and our steadily increasing volume of bilateral trade reached US$30.3 billion.  
4.159.  Let me turn to some areas of particular interest to us with respect to the economic and 
trade policies of the Chinese Taipei. I would like to make two comments in this regard.  
4.160.  First, according to the Secretariat report, Chinese Taipei has pursued closer economic 
integration with China, in particular through the "Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement" 
(ECFA), which entered into force in 2010. It is also noted in the report that as part of the early harvest of the ECFA, China has removed tariffs on 539 items from Chinese Taipei while Chinese 
Taipei has eliminated tariffs on 267 items from China and both parties intend to complete a more 
comprehensive trade in goods agreement in the near future. Considering the economic relations 
between the two Members that have had a significant impact on global trade, it is our hope that 
Chinese Taipei will provide further detailed information regarding the current status of the 
follow-up agreements of ECFA with a view to helping other WTO Members be informed of the 
milestone agreement. 
4.161.  Second, we would like to point out that Chinese Taipei has maintained a restrictive 
measure that Korean shipping companies are not allowed to transport container cargo through the 
Japan-Chinese Taipei route, despite the fact that  Chinese Taipei has allowed shipping companies 
from other countries to transport through the route. In our view, Chinese Taipei’s application of the aforementioned discriminative measure against Korea is inconsistent with WTO rules, in 
particular the MFN provision. We expect Chinese Taipei to resolve this issue in a constructive and 
positive way at the earliest possible date. 
4.162.  In addition to the comments mentioned before, my delegation also submitted some written 
questions to Chinese Taipei on certain aspects of its trade and trade-related policies and 
measures. We therefore would like to take this opportunity to thank Chinese Taipei that will provide us with written answers. We will look in to them carefully when they are available and may 
come back later, if necessary. 
MALAYSIA 4.163.  We recognize that the period since Chines e Taipei’s last Trade Policy Review had been a 
challenging one. As an export-oriented economy,  Chinese Taipei’s economic growth is heavily 
dependent on exports of goods and services, which is equivalent to 73% of Chinese Taipei GDP. 
4.164.  The quick response by the Government in introducing policy initiatives to address the 
impact of the global financial crisis and downtu rn in global demand in 2009 has helped Chinese 
Taipei to overcome the situation. It is noteworthy that despite the turbulent global economic 
scenario, Chinese Taipei’s economy has significantly rebounded since 2010, with 10.8% growth rate in real GDP for 2010 and has continued fracti on of growth in between 1.5%-4.2% yearly in 
the last two years. Malaysia commends Chinese Taipei’s implementation of significant fiscal and 
monetary stimulus in response to the crisis, while resisting protectionism measures. 
4.165.  Chinese Taipei and Malaysia have always maintained strong trade relations. In 2013, 
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largest import source. At the same time, Malaysia was Chinese Taipei’s 8th largest trading partner; 
9th largest export destination and 9th largest import source. Malaysia’s total exports to Chinese Taipei in 2013 amounted to US$6.7 billion, while total imports, in the same year, amounted to US$9.9 billion. 
4.166.  Malaysia and Chinese Taipei also en joy good investment ties where, in 2013, 
18 investment projects from Chinese Taipei wi th a total investment of US$39.9 million was 
approved. These investments were concentrated in the chemical and chemical products, 
electronics and electrical products, fabricated metal products, and wood and wood products. 
4.167.  We also note that Chinese Taipei continues to pursue policies in seeking new engines of 
economic growth and in diversifying its economy, inter alia , through improving the international 
competitiveness of the services industries. Similarly, in the manufacturing sector, Chinese Taipei’s 
industrial development reform policy aims to re duce its dependence on manufactured exports in 
the future by efforts aimed at encourage innovations; distribution and utilization of intangible assets; human-resource  development; funding assistance; investments in the sustainable 
development of industries; and provisions of  land supply for industrial activities.  
4.168.  As an economy that is similarly dependent on exports, Malaysia too is seeking ways to 
increase competitiveness of our services sector as  the new engine of growth. Therefore, we also 
welcome investment in the services sector from Chinese Taipei and to work closely in areas of 
mutual interests.  
EL
 SALVADOR 
4.169.  Notamos que desde su anterior examen, el  Taipéi Chino ha continuado impulsando la 
liberalización del comercio y las inversiones, especialmente en el sector de los servicios y, al 
momento, se encuentra adoptando e implementado medidas para reestructurar la economía y el 
comercio a fin de estimular la inversión y el consumo interno, procurando implementar mejoras en 
el entorno para promover las inversiones directas y fortalecer la competitividad internacional, 
entre otros. 
4.170.  En lo que se refiere a  la facilitación del comercio, observamos que las autoridades 
aduaneras han puesto en marcha un sistema de ve ntanilla única para acelerar el despacho de 
aduana, introduciendo un régimen de operadores económicos autorizados a fin de facilitar los 
procedimientos a los comerciantes que cumplan determinados requisitos. A su vez, nos permítanos destacar el esfuerzo realizado por el Taipéi Chin o respecto de las mejoras constantes logradas en 
las esferas administrativas y materia de transparencia, particularmente en lo relativo a publicación 
de su reglamentación nacional.  
4.171.  A su vez, tomamos nota que dentro del proceso de mejoras, en el marco del eje 
estratégico que comprende el estímulo a la investigación e innovación, se ha promulgado la Ley de 
innovación industrial, la cual tiene como objetivo apoyar las actividades de innovación y de investigación y desarrollo. Referente a este punto, hemos formulado una pregunta y sobre la cual 
agradecemos la respuesta que a la misma ha sido brindada. 
4.172.  En el ámbito comercial, el Taipéi Chino se ubica en el lugar número 11 de nuestros 
destinos de exportación, y el primero en cuanto a destinos asiáticos. En referencia a las importaciones, el Taipéi Chino ocupa el lugar número 16 dentro del ranking de proveedores de 
bienes de El Salvador, importante para la cadena productiva del país. 
4.173.  El comercio entre El Salvador y el Taipei Chino es complementario, para el año 2013 las 
exportaciones de El Salvador hacia el Taipéi Chino totalizaron 47 millones de dólares EE.UU., de 
las cuales el 89% se concentró en azúcar y café, mientras que las importaciones alcanzaron los 
169 millones de dólares EE.UU., de las cuales 50%, es decir 84 millones de dólares EE.UU. 
4.174.  En cuanto a las importaciones, en el añ o 2013, se importaron principalmente: PET, tipo 
plástico para la fabricación de embases de bebidas por un monto de 73.2 millones de dólares 
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(3.4 millones de dólares EE.UU.) representando el 2%, los demás tejidos de punto con hilados de 
distintos colorantes (2.5 millones de dólares EE.UU.), entre otros.  
4.175.  En el tema de inversión, cabe destacar los importantes flujos de inversión extranjera 
directa en El Salvador provenientes del Taipéi Chino. Las principales industrias de estas 
inversiones están orientadas a: textiles y prendas de vestir, plantas industriales, productos de 
plástico, calzado, agricultura, pesca, repuestos y partes de motocicleta y una planta de montaje de paneles solares y otros equipos de potencia. 
4.176.  El Salvador mantiene vínculos importantes con el Taipéi Chino y en el marco de la política 
comercial hemos venido trabajando en el fortalecimiento de nuestros lazos comerciales y de cooperación con miras a optimizar nuestros flujos  comerciales y de inversión, alcanzándose en 
fechas recientes acuerdos para establecer la comisión administradora del Tratado de Libre 
Comercio, un nuevo Programa de Cooperación para el quinquenio 2014-2019, entre otros más 
relevantes, actividades enmarcadas en la visita Presidencial del Excelentísimo Sr Ma Ying-jeou a El Salvador. 
4.177.  En el ámbito multilateral y como todos lo hemos observado, destacamos el rol activo de la 
Delegación del Taipéi Chino en la Ronda de Negociaciones. 
ECUADOR 
4.178.  El Ecuador participa con interés en este Examen de Políticas Comerciales, toda vez que el 
Taipei Chino es considerado una de las entidades económicas y comerciales más importantes del mundo, pues de conformidad con el Informe de la Secretaría, se manifiesta que en el año 2012 fue considerado dentro de los 20 países como mayor exportador e importador. 
4.179.  El crecimiento económico del Taipei Chino que depende de manera especial de las 
exportaciones de bienes y servicios que repres entan alrededor del 73% del PIB, sumado al 
crecimiento del 2.1% en el año 2013 con la expectativa de continuar con esa tendencia, son 
factores que animan al Ecuador a mantener su interés en asistir a esta reunión. 
4.180.  Otro factor digno de ser destacado se refiere a la vinculación de la economía con China en 
el contexto de las negociaciones del Acuerdo Marco de Cooperación Económica, con lo cual el 
comercio de servicios sería uno de los sectores en el que se espera mayor crecimiento.  
4.181.  En los informes presentados se hace referencia a un programa de reformas económicas 
que ha sido elaborado para enfrentar importante s desafíos económicos. En este sentido, el 
Ecuador da la bienvenida a las reformas en el sistema tributario, en el sector de los servicios y del 
sistema de salud, y el Plan Piloto de Zonas Francas. 
4.182.  De otra parte, en lo que respecta a materia de facilitación del comercio, mi país resalta las 
reformas introducidas por las autoridades aduaneras para poner en vigencia un sistema de 
ventanilla única para acelerar el despacho y levante de las mercancías. En el contexto de la 
facilitación del comercio, el Ecuador considera de suma importancia el desarrollo y promoción de la cooperación aduanera, por lo que la información que puedan obtener los operadores para la 
promoción comercial será de enorme trascendencia.   
4.183.  En relación con el sector manufacturero, existe una tendencia hacia una concentración en 
las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones, así como respecto al sector de los servicios, en donde no ha habido medidas libera lizadoras importantes para seguir abriendo el 
acceso a los mercados a proveedores de servicios no locales. 
PANAMÁ 4.184.  Panamá ha mantenido por unos 50 años una relación estrecha y fructífera con el TPKM, la 
cual hemos profundizado y fortalecido con el pasar del tiempo. Panamá fue el premier país en 
firmar un tratado de libre comercio con ellos el 21 de agosto del 2003, con lo cual nuestra relación comercial bilateral ha prosperado para beneficio de ambos, particularmente en materia del 
intercambio de bienes y servicios, de inversiones, propiedad intelectual, facilitación del comercio, 
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4.185.  El cronograma de desgravación arancelaria bajo este acuerdo culminó para ambas partes, 
lo que ha abierto nuevas oportunidades de negocios. Hemos buscado a impulsar el turismo y las inversiones recíprocas, sin olvidar la contribución en el desarrollo de proyectos de infraestructura, sanidad y educación que forman parte de nuestra relación en rubros que se extienden más allá de 
lo comercial y que también valoramos mucho. 
4.186.  El TPKM representa para Panamá un mercado en potencia de alrededor de 23 millones de 
habitantes, la chatarra metálica es el principal producto exportado por Panamá seguido de la carne 
bovina, azúcar de caña, café y accesorios para autos. 
4.187.  El TPKM ocupa el cuarto puesto de usuarios asiáticos en utilizar el Canal de Panamá donde 
el flujo de cargo para el año 2013 fue de 4 320,808 toneladas largas.  
4.188.  Este examen resalta el esfuerzo realizado por el TPKM para facilitar el comercio. Ha 
adoptado políticas de Estado encaminadas a ello, intensificado sus esfuerzos por la integración 
regional y la celebración de acuerdos comerciales regionales. En estos, se nota la gradual pero efectiva transformación de su economía en, por ejemplo, los compromisos asumidos y el creciente 
uso y protección de los derechos de propiedad intelectual. Otras muestras de la creciente madurez 
de su economía la encontramos en la diversificación de sus sectores, en la reducción de obstáculos al comercio, y en su compromiso con el sistema multilateral del comercio que ha claramente 
demostrado por su activa participación en la vida, trabajos y negociaciones de la OMC. En este 
sentido, deseo felicitar al TPKM por la reciente asunción de la importante presidencia del Comité de Reglas de Origen. Todos estos esfuerzos le han permitido una rápida recuperación luego de la crisis económica mundial, registrando un crecimiento de 2,1% en el 2013. 
4.189.  Para no extenderme más, exhortamos al TPKM a continuar realizando esfuerzos 
encaminados a superar aquellas áreas que han sido  identificadas durante el examen como que 
requieren de una mayor atención, con el objetivo de que se mantenga esa tendencia de 
crecimiento económico, su compromiso con el sistema multilateral de comercio, y con palpables 
beneficios sociales y de desarrollo. 
JAPAN 
4.190.  Since the last TPR, Chinese Taipei’s economy has shown sound and positive development. 
In recent years, it has been undertaking fiscal reform by reviewing fiscal expenditure and expanding revenue sources. We believe that the sound fiscal policy will contribute to further growth in the future. 
4.191.  According to the report by the Secretaria t, Chinese Taipei’s economic growth is heavily 
dependent on exports of goods and services, and its vulnerability to external demand volatility 
represents the major risk in the medium term. In fact, the global economic crisis in 2008 caused a 
significant negative impact on its economy. On this respect, Chinese Taipei has been making 
efforts to diversify its industry. Japan evaluates these efforts for structural reform and hopes that they will contribute to the stable development of its economy. 
4.192.  Now let me move to trade policies. We have two points here: WTO and RTAs. 
4.193.  On the WTO, Chinese Taipei is an active and reliable Member. We are enjoying very close 
cooperation not only in the DDA round negotiation including Bali Package but also in the regular work. Chinese Taipei is also contributing to the negotiations of ITA expansion and of environmental 
goods liberalization. Japan highly appreciates the important roles that it plays in the multilateral 
trading system. 
4.194.  On RTAs, Chinese Taipei has actively engaged itself in bilateral and regional economic 
integration. It signed the RTAs with China, New Zealand and Singapore. According to the report by 
the Government, the Roadmap issued in 2012 sets out the policy objective that 60% of total trade should be covered by RTAs by 2020. Japan commends these efforts for trade liberalization, since 
they are complementary to the multilateral trading system as long as they are implemented 
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4.195.  Finally, I touch upon investment policies. Chinese Taipei has been carrying out positive 
investment policies. It has concluded five bilateral investment arrangements including one with Japan in this review period. It also launched eight Free Economic Pilot Zones (FEPZs) in 2013, promoting high-end services, such as financial services, by providing supporting measures for 
investment, including deregulation on labour and capital movement. Japan commends these 
measures aiming at promoting foreign direct investment. 
4.196.  In conclusion, Japan hopes that all these efforts by Chinese Taipei in macroeconomic, 
trade and investment policies will contribute to the economic development not only of Chinese 
Taipei but also of Asia and the rest of the world. 
OMAN 4.197.  The delegation of Oman congratulates Chin ese Taipei on its impressive growth which has 
resulted in it becoming the 18th largest exporter and the 18th largest importer. We are impressed 
that Chinese Taipei remains a firm supporter of the multilateral trading system and has pursued 
the policy of promoting open and liberalized trade as a basis for economic growth. It has been an 
active Member of the WTO and has joined the on-g oing efforts to renew DDA negotiations. We are 
happy to note that Chinese Taipei understands the cr ucial importance of liberalization as an engine 
for economic growth and it is committed to unilaterally reviewing and reforming its domestic trade 
and investment regimes. 
4.198.  The Secretariat report shows that exports of goods and services account for about 73% of 
Chinese Taipei’s GDP. Its economic growth he avily depends on exports and thus its policy 
emphasis on liberalization of trade and strengthening of the multilateral trading system. This is 
complemented by the regional and bilateral agreements. 
4.199.  We are happy to note that Chinese Taipei, like Oman, has bound tariffs on all tariff lines. 
Its average bound rate for all items is 8.1%, while its average applied rate is 7.8%, with the 
average for non-agricultural products at the low figure of 5%. The Secretariat report notes that 
about 30% of tariff lines are duty free and 52% have rates below 10%. These are remarkable figures. 
4.200.  However, the Secretariat report says that the tariff of Chinese Taipei is relatively complex 
w i t h  a  m u l t i p l i c i t y  o f  r a t e s .  W e  h o p e  e f f o r t s  w o u l d  b e  m a d e  t o  m a k e  t h e  t a r i f f  a s  s i m p l e  a s  possible. 
4.201.  Services remain the biggest sector of th e economy of Chinese Taipei accounting for some 
66% of GDP. In line with the importance of serv ices in the economy, Chinese Taipei has made 
specific commitments on some 120 subsectors of services. 
4.202.  To conclude, the delegation of Oman is impressed with the economic progress of Chinese 
Taipei, with its commitment to the multilateral trading system and with its policy of pursuing an 
open and liberal trade and investment regime. 
GUATEMALA 
4.203.  Reconocemos los esfuerzos realizados a sus políticas como las reformas a la Ley Aduanera, 
Sistema Tributario, Reglamentación de la Tierra, al sector de servicios, sistema de salud, reformas estructurales en su plan de expansión económica y la implementación de su plan piloto de zonas francas así como la incorporación del sector privado en proyectos de infraestructura. Lo anterior 
permitirá un mejor desarrollo y posicionamiento para Taipei Chino. 
4.204.  Sus políticas macroeconómicas tienen el objetivo de crear una economía eficiente y 
competitiva a nivel internacional. Con relación al tema presupuestario, mantiene una posición 
sólida. Con relación a sus reservas en divisas, en el año 2012, se posicionaron en las sextas 
mayores del mundo superando los 400 millones de dólares EE.UU. 
4.205.  Reconocemos las ventajas comparativas en el sector de productos de tecnología de la 
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4.206.  Su política comercial de integración a la economía global a través de su participación en 
organismos internacionales y acuerdos comerciales ha permitido un acercamiento activo con varios socios comerciales. 
4.207.  En la relación bilateral, es un socio comercial muy importante, tenemos un Tratado de 
Libre Comercio vigente desde el año 2006. Las exportaciones de Guatemala han incrementado un 
24,2% pasando de 13.6 millones de dólares EE.UU. (año 2006) a 61.9 millones de dólares EE.UU. (año 2013). Las importaciones provenientes de Taipei Chino del año 2001 al 2006 tuvo una tasa 
de crecimiento del 22,7% pasando de 50 millones de dólares EE.UU. a 141 millones de dólares 
EE.UU. 
4.208.  Para concluir, Guatemala desea al Territorio Aduanero distinto de Taiwán, Penghu, Kinmen 
y Matsu, que en el marco de la aplicación de sus políticas económicas y comerciales, continúen 
cosechando éxitos en cuanto a su crecimiento económico, desarrollo e innovación tecnológica. 
4.209.  Estamos convencidos que continuaremos construyendo la confianza, fortaleciendo los lazos 
comerciales y de amistad; así como trabajando incansablemente para expandir nuestras alianzas 
estratégicas, en foros regionales y subregionales. 
REPÚBLICA
 DOMINICANA 
4.210.  En este tercer examen de su política come rcial, deseamos felicitar al Taipei Chino porque a 
pesar de verse seriamente afectado debido a la crisis económica mundial, ya que su economía 
depende fuertemente de las exportaciones, y haber crecido solamente un 2,1% en el 2013, el Taipei Chino sigue siendo una de las entidades económicas y comerciales más importantes del mundo. En efecto, tal y como lo indica el informe de la Secretaría, en 2012 ocupó el 19º lugar del 
mundo por el volumen de su PIB sobre la base de la paridad del poder adquisitivo y fue el 18º 
mayor exportador e importador. Al final del 2012, el Taipei Chino poseía la sexta reserva de 
divisas mayor del mundo y ocupaba el puesto 35º mundial por sus corrientes acumulativas de 
salidas de inversión extranjera directa (IED). 
4.211.  Podemos ver que el crecimiento económico del Taipei Chino depende en gran medida de 
las exportaciones de bienes y servicios que representan en torno al 73% del PIB. La fuerte caída 
de la demanda mundial como consecuencia de la crisis económica mundial de 2008-2009 ha 
mostrado la vulnerabilidad y dependencia del Taipei Chino respecto de la exportación de unos pocos productos manufacturados, y ha impulsado a las autoridades a buscar nuevos motores de crecimiento y a diversificar la economía. En este sentido, se indica correctamente en el informe de 
la Secretaría que una recesión de la economía china, que es el destino de aproximadamente el 
27% de las exportaciones, podría tener graves repercusiones económicas, por lo que las autoridades deben pensar seriamente en diversificación de productos y de mercados de 
exportación. 
4.212.  En este sentido, saludamos el hecho de que el Gobierno ha elaborado un programa de 
reformas económicas, entre las que cabe citar: la firma de acuerdos de libre comercio; la reforma 
del sistema tributario, de la reglamentación de la tierra, del sector de los servicios y del sistema de 
salud; la liberalización de las políticas económicas que afectan a ambos lados del Estrecho y la introducción de reformas estructurales, en particular el Plan de expansión económica y la puesta en marcha del Plan piloto de zonas francas. 
4.213.  Vemos que, en general, la política comercial del Taipei Chino no ha variado mucho desde 
su último examen, pero podemos notar con satisfacción que en el área de facilitación del comercio, el Taipei Chino ha hecho mejoras estableciendo un sistema de ventanilla única para acelerar el 
despacho de aduana, y han introducido un régimen de operadores económicos autorizados para 
facilitar los procedimientos a los comerciantes que cumplan determinados requisitos.   
4.214.  Asimismo, el área de los derechos de propiedad intelectual ha sido objeto de varias 
modificaciones: en 2010 y 2014 se modificó la Ley de derecho de autor, en 2010 la Ley de 
organizaciones intermediarias en materia de derech o de autor, la nueva Ley de marcas de fábrica 
o de comercio entró en vigor en 2012, la última modi ficación de la Ley de patentes se introdujo en 
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haberse reducido el número de casos de productos importados que vulneran la marca de fábrica o 
de comercio y el derecho de autor.  
4.215.  Deseamos mencionar también el sector de los servicios que sigue siendo el principal sector 
de la economía: representan alrededor del 66% del PIB y el 59% del empleo. Cabe señalar la 
rápida expansión del sector de las telecomunicaciones que creció anualmente un 20% en promedio 
durante el período objeto de examen, aproximadamente 10 veces más que el PIB. Los ingresos totales del sector representaron aproximadamente el 3% del PIB en 2013. El sector turismo 
también ha experimentado un rápido desarrollo, y es una de las ramas de producción que el 
Gobierno ha designado como sectores emergentes clave para impulsar el desarrollo económico. En 
2012m hubo 7,3 millones de viajeros internacionales, un 20% más que en 2011. Felicitamos a las autoridades del Taipei Chino por estos impresionantes resultados. 
4.216.  Para terminar, solo nos queda exhortar al Taipei Chino para que continúe con su proceso 
de reformas económicas. 
NICARAGUA 
4.217.  Para Nicaragua resulta alentador observar los logros en materia económica que ha 
experimentado el Taipei Chino desde su último examen realizado en el 2010, en particular los 
importantes avances económicos logrados a partir de la internalización de su economía que le ha 
permitido superar con éxito la reciente crisis mundial. 
4.218.  En el ámbito bilateral, Nicaragua y el Taipei Chino mantienen fuertes lazos de amistad y 
solidaridad, lo cual demuestra la confianza de este país en la gestión del Gobierno de Reconciliación y Unidad Nacional de Nicaragua en el que la población es la gran protagonista. 
4.219.  Nicaragua ha suscrito con el Taipei Chino diversos convenios y entendimientos los cuales 
prevén programas de apoyo y de cooperación en áreas agroindustrial, institucional y seguridad ciudadana, entre otros, y que han contribuido la generación de la infraestructura en el interior de 
nuestro país. 
4.220.  Con la firma del Tratado de Libre Comercio entre ambos países se ha experimentado un 
gran dinamismo a las exportaciones nicaragüenses hacia el país asiático en los seis años de 
vigencia de este Tratado. 
4.221.  El intercambio comercial entre Nicaragua y el Taipei Chino ha seguido su tendencia alcista 
obteniendo durante el período 2010-2013 una tasa de crecimiento promedio anual del 26,7%. El saldo comercial positivo al año 2013 reflejó 43.7 millones de dólares EE.UU. y logró crecimientos 
de 74,2% en el período 2010-2013. 
4.222.  De igual forma, durante el período 2010-2012, la Inversión Extranjera Directa (IED) 
proveniente del Taipei Chino presentó también una tendencia creciente, pasando de 70 millones de 
dólares EE.UU. en 2010 a 14,449.6 millones de dólares EE.UU., para un incremento de 
20,542.3%, sobresaliendo las inversiones en zonas francas, comercio y servicios, pesca, industria y turismo. 
4.223.  Por su parte, el monto de la Inversión Extranjera Directa (IED) originaria del Tapei Chino 
en 2013 se ubicó en 36 millones de dólares EE.UU., habiendo sobrepasado los 14.4 millones de dólares EE.UU. registrados en el año 2012; captando la mayor IED principalmente el sector industria, seguido por el sector comercio, servicios y turismo. 
4.224.  Mi delegación reconoce al Taipei Chino co mo un Miembro respetuoso de la normativa de la 
OMC, comprometido con el Sistema Multilateral de Comercio y con las negociaciones de la Ronda Doha. 
INDIA 
4.225.  India has a strong trade and investment partnership with Chinese Taipei, which has 
expanded steadily in recent years. India’s trade with Chinese Taipei was more than US$6 billion 
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their presence/projects in India, and they continue  to expand their operations. While our bilateral 
trade and investment ties have expanded in recent years, there is significant potential to expand these further, and we look forward to working with Chinese Taipei in further strengthening our bilateral economic ties.   
4.226.  We welcome Chinese Taipei’s participation and commitment to the multilateral trading 
system. We have noted efforts made by Chinese Taipei to navigate its economy through turbulent global economic situation pursuant to 2008-2009 global financial crisis, and continuing with 
domestic reform process. As a result of effective trade and investment policy and other reform 
measures undertaken by Chinese Taipei, its econom y has registered positive GDP growth rate in 
the last four years.    
4.227.  We have noted the conclusion of FTAs by  Chinese Taipei with Singapore and New Zealand 
a s  w e l l  a s  c o m p l e t i o n  o f  t w o  o f  t h e  f o u r  f o l l o w  u p  a g r e e m e n t s  w i t h  C h i n a  ( i n  i n v e s t m e n t s  a n d  
trade in services), pursuant to its signing of Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement in 2010. 
We look forward to their notification once domestic legal procedures have been completed by the 
parties concerned.   
4.228.  We look forward to Chinese Taipei delegation’s comments on points raised by distinguished 
discussant, Ambassador Remigi, as well as Members in the course of this review, and wish them 
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5  REPLIES BY THE REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINESE TAIPEI AND ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 
5.1.  First of all, I would like to express our appreciation for the extensive engagement that we 
have seen in this trade policy review. On Tuesday, our discussant Ambassador Winzap and more than 20 delegates made many thoughtful and co nstructive comments regarding the developments 
in our economic and trade policies since our last Trade Policy Review in 2010. Those comments 
have helped me identify several outstanding issues which require further clarification today. On behalf of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiw an, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, I would like to 
extend our sincere appreciation to the Chair, discussant and Members. 
5.2.  The Secretariat has also played an import ant role in this Trade Policy Review. The report 
prepared by the Secretariat fully exemplifies their professionalism. Here I would like to thank the 
staff of the Secretariat for their high quality work in preparing this meeting. 
5.3.  In the remainder of my comments, I woul d like to address the comments by our discussant 
and Members. I would like to start by appreciating the recognition of our efforts in pursuing the openness of our economy to trade and investment and in supporting the multilateral trading 
system. Such recognition is great encouragement for us to continue our work.  
5.4.  From a macro perspective, our trade-to-GDP ratio reached an average of 141% from 2010 to 
2012, clearly demonstrating our economy’s inseparable ties to the global economy. We will 
continue enhancing these ties through further economic liberalization. I would like to reiterate 
that, in the future, we will undertake more liberalized economic policies, support multilateral trading system and continue our efforts in pursuing  regional trade integration. By doing so, we aim 
to create more jobs and sustain economic growth, thus increasing the welfare of our people. 
5.5.  As our discussant pointed out, we are an export-oriented economy. The reliance of our 
economic growth on exports has made us vulnerable to global economic fluctuations, and our export markets are not diversified enough. In orde r to improve such conditions and lower the risk, 
we have taken various measures in pursuing regional economic integration, improving investment 
environment and upgrading industries. These measur es drew a lot of attention from the Members. 
Next, I am going to address specific issues raised by Members as clearly as possible.  
5.6.  As I mentioned on Tuesday, regarding our wo rk in pursuing regional economic integration, 
we have had substantial achievements over the past  four years. We have finished the negotiations 
of the Trade in Services Agreement and are nego tiating the Trade in Goods Agreement, which are 
both follow-up agreements of ECFA. ANZTEC an d ASTEP, our economic cooperation agreements 
with New Zealand and Singapore, respectively, have also entered into force. Today I would like to 
use ANZTEC as an example to illustrate the concrete effect of regional economic integration in facilitating trade. 
5.7.  Since the entry into force of ANZTEC last December, our bilateral trade with New Zealand has 
increased by 17.3% in the first two quarter of this  year compared to the same period last year. 
This figure shows that participating in regional economic integration can actually diversify our 
trade among different markets. We will continue to  seek opportunities to participate in regional 
economic integration and lower the risk of being overly dependent on a single market. 
5.8.  Many of the Members have expressed interest in learning more about the "Free Economic 
Pilot Zones", the FEPZs. The FEPZs are one of ou r efforts in pursuing a more liberalized trade 
system. On Tuesday, I have briefly introduced th e key measures of the FEPZs. Here, I would like 
to reiterate that the FEPZs will serve as a beacon  for the further implementation of other economic 
liberalization measures. On the basis of FEPZs, we  will continue to explore the possibilities of 
broadening the extent of liberalization. 
5.9.  We have also spent a lot of effort to improve our domestic economic regime. One of our 
focuses is improving our investment environment. In the past four years we have continuously 
reviewed our laws and regulations in hopes of making us a more attractive destination for foreign 
direct investments. Besides lowering the income tax rate for profit-seeking enterprise, we also 
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5.10.  Furthermore, we substantially removed the restrictions on FDI regarding specific sectors as 
w e l l  a s  t h e  r e s t r i c t i o n  o n  F D I  f r o m  m a i n l a n d  C h i n a .  W e  a l s o  s i m p l i f i e d  t h e  p r o c e d u r e s  f o r  establishing companies and for foreigners to reside and work in Taiwan. Now, we are in the process of amending the law to simplify the appr oval procedure of FDI, changing the current 
requirement of acquiring approval before the im plementation of investment into notifying the 
Government after the implementation of investme nt unless otherwise required, which will greatly 
increase the efficiency of the FDI approval procedure. As I mentioned on Tuesday, our protections 
on intellectual property rights have been significantly strengthened. After seeing what we have 
achieved so far, I believe foreign investors will be more confident in investing in Taiwan. 
5.11.  We pay great attention to the development of  service sectors, for service sectors contribute 
to more than 70% of our GDP. We believe that liberalization is the key to the further development 
of the service sectors. Although our service sect ors are already quite liberalized, we are still 
actively looking for room for further liberalization. 
5.12.  With regard to telecommunication service, we have taken various measures to 
accommodate the trend of digital convergence. One of our goals is to construct a broadband 
network with high speed and universal coverage. The coverage of fixed line broadband network 
with 100 Mbps rate for households in Taiwan surpassed 97% last December, and all tribes in 
remote areas in Taiwan can enjoy 2 Mbps br oadband services. We have been working on 
increasing the rate from 2 Mbps to 12 Mbps si nce 2012. We also launched the digital switchover 
initiative to promote the viewing rights of and to  provide greater choice for the viewing public, and 
to provide greater convenience for cable television  service providers to provide communication and 
network services. The digitization of terrestrial te levision was completed in June 2012 and that of 
cable television is over 60% by this year. 
5.13.  With regard to financial service, we have continued working to spur the growth of our 
financial markets. Among the measures taken toward this end, for instance, are the adoption of 
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) by our financial sector and listed companies 
from 2013 and the implementation of the Basel Ⅲ rules, which is in line with international norms. 
While deregulating and taking liberalization measures, the financial authority also stresses legal 
compliance and self-regulation, and puts great emphasis on international principles of financial supervision. In addition, in 2012 we established the Financial Ombudsman Institution (FOI) to 
effectively solve disputes between financial institutions and consumers. Our banking sector is 
robust. The average non-performing loan (NPL) rati o of our banking sector fell from 1.1% in 2009 
to 0.37% at the end of 2013. 
5.14.  Besides the comments on our telecommunication service and financial service policies, we 
also noticed the concerns showed by some Memb ers regarding sectors in professional services 
such as legal service and accounting service. These concerns mainly related to the requirements 
for foreign lawyers or accountants to practice in Taiwan. These concerns are relating to domestic 
regulation. I would like to confirm that the concerned measures are all in line with the GATS articles regarding domestic regulation. 
5.15.  Several Members have commented on our SPS and TBT measures. Since we acceded to the 
W T O ,  w e  h a v e  m a d e  e v e r y  e f f o r t  t o  c o m p l y  w i t h  o u r  o b l i g a t i o n s  u n d e r  t h e  S P S  a n d  T B T  
agreements. In the past four year, such goal is still priorities in our trade policy. Currently we 
completely abide by the transparency requiremen ts of the SPS and TBT ag reement, notifying in 
advance all our SPS and TBT measures that may affect international trade to the WTO barring 
emergencies. In the future, all our new and update d measures will be given a comment period of 
60 days to all WTO members whenever possible. We also adopt international standard when 
applicable international standards exists.   
5.16.  Some Members also showed their concerns regarding our review of import applications of 
meat and meat products. I would like to reiterate that our risk assessments all based on scientific evidence, which have no difference with the pr actices taken by other Members. Taking into 
account of the need of risk management, our revi ew on the applications from Members all based 
on the standards of OIE and Codex, relevant international regulations, and the principles of WTO/SPS Agreement and without any prejudice. We will closely communicating with the applicants 
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5.17.  It would be impossible for us to respond to each and every comment that was raised; 
however, we have listened very  mindfully and have taken carefu l note. I believe you all have 
received our written responses to questions proposed before the meeting. If you have further comments or questions, I would certainly be delighted to address to. 
5.18.  Finally, on behalf of the Separate Custom s Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 
I would like to express my sincerest appreciation again to the interest Members have shown to us by their participation of this trade policy review, as well as the constructive comments they 
proposed.  
DISCUSSANT 5.19.  I would like to thank Vice Minister CHO an d all your delegation for the hard work put into 
this TPR and for providing high quality answers to the questions of Members. Your open and 
constructive attitude during the whole process of this exercise has allowed Members to learn and 
take profit from your experiences.  
5.20.  In general terms, my take is that Members are positive about Chinese Taipei's trade policy. 
They acknowledge the hard work undertaken by your Government since the last TPR. Vice Minister 
CHO, you mentioned on Tuesday your belief that (I quote) "through our ongoing dialogue, we will foster a stronger mutual understanding and togeth er build a healthier and more liberalized global 
economic environment". This is, in my view, exactly what this TPR contributed to. There have been 
questions aimed at improving Member's understandi ng on your trade policy and there were also 
suggestions on issues where Members still see possible room for further improvements. 
5.21.  Members have highlighted Chinese Taipei's good overall economic performance and its open 
and export-oriented economy. The steady growth and the quick recovery from the 2008-2009 
global economic crisis have been underlined as signs of a solid and resilient economy.  
5.22.  It is no big surprise for such an importan t economic and trade entity that most or even all 
Members who took the floor on Tuesday expressed th eir appreciation for the fruitful bilateral ties 
they enjoy with Chinese Taipei, although some mentioned that there is still scope for improvements in terms of balance or diversification of their bilateral trade relations with Chinese 
Taipei.  
5.23.  The Trade arrangements and Trade agreements  of Chinese Taipei are of great interest to 
the Membership. In particular in respect of ECFA, Members are interested to see how you continue the implementation of the Trade in Services ag reement and the mechanism for resolving disputes 
that might arise from the interpretation, implementation and application of the ECFA follow-on 
agreements. 
5.24.  Reforms, which you Vice Minister CHO, have presented are very welcome. In particular the 
policy of "Four Transformations of Three Industries" that you described with more detail on 
Tuesday, as well as the simplification of customs procedures. Many Members mentioned positively the introduction of a single-window system, which will improve the clearance and release of goods 
at the border. 
5.25.  Other reforms are also seen as important steps in the right direction, even if Members also 
expressed the need to sometimes go further, for in stance by looking at the possibility to build on 
the benefits of the "Free Economic Pilot Zones" in order to implement economy-wide reforms.  
5.26.  There have also been reforms in area s like IPR, where Members acknowledged important 
legislative progress, but where further improvemen ts in respect of enforcement would still be 
welcome. 
5.27.  In their statements and through their questions, Members also voiced several concerns on 
some of the trade policy measures of Chinese Taipei which have not been very different than the ones expressed at the last TPR, already. Let me quote here from my fellow discussant at Chinese 
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5.28.   "... we heard critical messages about the remaining barriers in its investment regime and 
some services sectors, Government's excessive direct involvement in the key sectors of economy, different forms of assistance measures, stalled privatization, complexity of the tariff structure and high tariffs, notably on the agricultural products". While Members recognized that some headway 
has been done in some of those areas, they also  emphasized that many of these challenges still 
remain. I would, therefore, suggest that Chinese Taipei gives due considerations to those issues in the future.  
5.29.  Furthermore, I have heard from Members that although there is progress in your regulatory 
regime and procedures, it would help trading relations substantially if Chinese Taipei would improve its alignment with international norms and standards and thus gain in predictability. SPS issues are of particular importance to some Members, but technical barriers and onerous 
requirements in Chinese Taipei were also mentioned. 
5.30.  Some of the challenges which I identified in my presentation on Tuesday have also been 
taken up by other Members, in particular the risks inherent to Chinese Taipei's dependence on 
exports mainly in a limited number of sectors as well as the suggestion to work on a domestic 
environment more conducive to foreign investment. 
5.31.  A striking element in your endeavour, and that of many Members today, is the need to 
balance an increased trade opening with a public opinion getting more and more sceptical about 
the benefits of trade liberalization for them, individually. Furthermore, you face a specific challenge on the political acceptance at home of enhancing cross-strait economic and trade relations. These challenges are very real and we do understand that your Government has to give some 
consideration to them. Nonetheless, Chinese Taipei is following its path of opening and reforms 
and I believe that we can for sure comme nd the government for its perseverance. 
5.32.  Last, but certainly not least, we heard Members' unanimous recognition of the positive role 
that Chinese Taipei plays in the WTO and for the multilateral trading system. Members also 
specifically mentioned the constructive engagement of Chinese Taipei regarding the revision of the 
GPA, the extension of ITA, the negotiation of an  Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) as well as 
the Trade in Services agreement negotiations. Delegations welcomed the involvement of Chinese 
Taipei in the Trade facilitation negotiations and the timely notification of all TF-provisions as category A commitments.  
5.33.  Let me close by thanking Chinese Taipei to have chosen me as the discussant and to wish 
you well for the next four years, four years with plenty of challenges, but hopefully with a lot of 
success too. 
PAKISTAN 
5.34.  Chinese Taipei is one of the world's lead ing economies and trading nations reflected by the 
fact that its GDP ranked 19th in the world. The ec onomy is highly reliant on exports of goods and 
services and is at the same time the world's 18
th largest exporter and importer. Its exports are led 
by high end, high tech products including electronics, machinery and petrochemicals. Its large 
trade surplus is based on its surplus with China and it has the world's 6th largest foreign reserves. 
Services too remain the biggest sector in the economy and it has identified certain services sector as "key" industries as the main focus for further development. Its telecommunications sector has 
expanded rapidly, roughly ten times than of the GDP growth rate. However, the Secretariat report 
notes that it appears to have been unable to sufficiently counter developments like excessive concentration on ICT, relatively low value added and insufficient product innovation. It also 
exposes the economy to global fluctuations, which is also reflected in its dependence on imports 
for manufacturing due to a limited resource base. 
5.35.  Chinese Taipei possesses a vast development potential attributable to high competitiveness. 
It has also initiated further economic reforms including reforms to its taxation, services sector, 
health system and land regulation, with further liberalization of cross-Straits economic policies, the Economic Power-up Plan, FTAs and the Free Economic Pilot Zone Plan. Another remarkable feature of Chinese Taipei economy is its out bound FDIs tripling that of its inward investment. WT/TPR/W/69 • Chinese Taipei 
 
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5.36.  Chinese Taipei's tariff has remained unchanged during the period under review. It tariff has 
150 rate bands, including 86 ad valorem , 16 specific and 48 alternate rates, that makes its tariff 
complex, while its own ad valorem  duties in agriculture mask relatively high AVEs. The country 
makes use of the anti-dumping law, but has not been involved in CV or safeguard measures. The 
country has recently signed on to GPA, which is expected to add market access opportunities of 
NT$3 billion annually. Its privatization programme currently stands suspended. However, it has 
made amendments to its competition policy, also important legislative changes to the IPR-related 
legislations as it is considered to make an essential contribution to its competitiveness and for 
attracting for investment. The SPS and standards regimes have also remained largely unchanged. 
5.37.  The structure of the economy has remained unchanged since the previous review. 
Agriculture is the major recipient of Government assistance (both border protection and domestic 
support). This is largely due to heavy reliance on imported foods, and also energy imports, which 
are regulated through licensing and supported through subsidies. 
5.38.  Chinese Taipei's total fertility rate is amon g the lowest in the world and has the potential of 
causing future labour shortages, following domestic demand and declining tax revenues. 
5.39.  Chinese Taipei has posted very impressive economic performance and has made equally 
important strides in its trading regime. It is also an active player in the WTO besides activity in 
pursuing bilateral trade agreements.  
5.40.  We hope that while continuing to correct distortions and deficiencies in certain activities, 
Chine Taipei will continue to maintain its growth trajectory. 
UNITED  STATES 
5.41.  The United States would like to, once again, welcome Vice Minister Cho and the entire 
Chinese Taipei team. At the outset, I want to thank them for the hard work and constructive approach to this review. 
5.42.  The United States submitted a few follow-up questions in writing to the Secretariat for 
Chinese Taipei and I just want to briefly outline them: 
5.43.  The first has to do with a question we as ked about ractopamine in pork. We thought that we 
needed to clarify the question we have asked: since Codex has established a MRL for ractopamine 
in pork, and since Chinese Taipei has already conducted its risk assessment for ractopamine in pork, we would appreciate an explanation on whether Chinese Taipei would be establishing a MRL for ractopamine consistent with the obligations of the SPS Agreement, including without undue 
delay. 
5.44.  The second question has to do with whether Chinese Taipei publishes its rice quota fill rates 
by the Government and the public sector. We noted Chinese Taipei response and we thank you for 
that. We noted that the notifications do not specify the volumes imported by the Government and 
private sector separately and we would appreciate clarification on whether Chinese Taipei publishes this information on a regular basis and, if so, where. 
5.45.  Finally, we have a few follow-up questions regarding the ceiling price for rice tenders. We 
would appreciate an explanation of why the ceiling price is not announced until after the tender is awarded. And in the interest of transparency, we  ask if Chinese Taipei would consider announcing 
the ceiling price to the public in instances where the tender has failed.  
EUROPEAN UNION 
5.46.  The EU would like to thank the delegation of Chinese Taipei for the comprehensive replies it 
provided in advance of the meeting to a number of questions reflecting the interest the EU has in 
Chinese Taipei's trade policies and also some concerns. EU also appreciates the information heard 
this morning. 
5.47.  The EU and some other Members raised co ncerns among issues regarding Chinese Taipei 
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5.48.  The EU also has a few follow-up questions that we have submitted to the WTO Secretariat 
and we look forward to receiving the replies in due course. 
5.49.  Concluding, the EU welcomes this review as a useful exercise for all parties and hopes that 
Chinese Taipei will take advantage of the comments raised by several WTO Members. EU would 
like to thank the delegation of Chinese Taipei for its constructive participation in this exercise. 
H.E.  MR. SHIH  CHAO  CHO 
5.50.  Thank you Pakistan, the United States and the EU for your additional follow-up questions 
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6  CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE CHAIRPERSON 
6.1.  This third Trade Policy Review of Chinese Ta ipei has enabled us to improve our understanding 
of recent developments in its trade and trade-related policies as well as the challenges it now faces. The review has clearly benefited from the constructive engagement of the Chinese Taipei 
delegation, led by Mr Shih-Chao Cho, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs, as well as from the 
insightful contribution of our discussant, Ambassado r Remigi Winzap of Switzerland and thirty-two 
interventions by Members. Chinese Taipei's prompt response to the large number of questions was 
highly appreciated and we look forward to any additional replies no later than one month after this 
meeting. Members also welcomed Chinese Taipei's adoption of the alternative timeframe for questions and answers, which allowed for a more fruitful discussion at this meeting. 
6.2.  Acknowledging the centrality of trade for Chinese Taipei's economy, Members commended 
Chinese Taipei on its continued progress towards trade and investment liberalization, further 
integration into the global economy and economic diversification. Members noted that this policy stance has been successful as evidenced by Chin ese Taipei's robust recovery after 2009 and its 
continued positive export growth in 2013 in the midst of the Eurozone debt crisis. 
6.3.  Members welcomed Chinese Taipei's unilateral liberalization efforts through the setting up of 
Free Economic Pilot Zones, further reductions of foreign investment limitations and measures to 
facilitate trade, including implementation of a single window system to accelerate customs 
clearance. Members encouraged Chinese Taipei to co ntinue its pursuit of trade liberalization as well 
as economy-wide reforms, notwithstanding the economic challenges that have arisen in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Members commended Chinese Taipei's efforts in 
implementing, during the review period, important legal reforms to improve its intellectual 
property protection, including amendments to legi slation on copyright, trademarks, patents, and 
trade secrets. 
6.4.  Members noted that Chinese Taipei's impressive, albeit rather volatile, economic performance 
during the review period has been heavily depend ent on external demand. In view of the medium 
term risks represented by external demand vola tility, Members commended Chinese Taipei on its 
efforts to diversify export markets, expand intern ational trade, facilitate inward investment and 
overcome the heavy reliance on the ICT sector . In this regard, Members also commended the 
government for identifying certain services se ctors as key areas for further development and 
diversification. 
6.5.  Members clearly valued Chinese Taipei's commitment and constructive engagement both in 
multilateral and plurilateral trade liberalization initiatives: this includes active participation in the DDA, GPA and trade facilitation negotiations, as well as those on the expansion of the ITA, trade in 
services agreement and the liberalization of environmental goods. 
6.6.  Members also noted Chinese Taipei's active engagement in bilateral and regional economic 
integration, signing RTAs with China, New Zealand and Singapore during the review period. Noting 
that the economy of Chinese Taipei has become increasingly linked with China, through 
negotiations under the ECFA, several Members wi shed for further detailed information regarding 
the current status of the follow-up agreements of  the ECFA. Members expressed their appreciation 
of Chinese Taipei's work and support in the ar eas of aid for trade and trade related technical 
assistance. 
6.7.  Notwithstanding the reforms and achievemen ts highlighted by this review, Chinese Taipei 
faces challenges in a number of areas. The delegation of Chinese Taipei has addressed most of 
these issues in its final remarks or written replies. I would now like to highlight some areas in 
which Members consider further improvements could be made: 
 Free economic pilot zones:   Some Members noted that Chinese Taipei is experimenting 
with unilateral trade liberalization by establishing Free Economic Pilot Zones (FEPZs), and 
encouraged Chinese Taipei to expand the benefits of the FEPZs across the territory. 
 Foreign investment regime:   Although inbound foreign investment remains low by 
regional standards, Members welcomed Chinese Taipei's progressive reduction of limitations 
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emphasised the need for continued progre ss by Chinese Taipei in improving the 
transparency and predictability of the investment review process. 
 Tariffs:   As was the case at the time of the previous review, the tariff structure remains 
rather complex, involving a multiplicity of rates and Members encouraged Chinese Taipei to 
simplify it so as to help bring more predicta bility to trade and provide greater transparency 
for traders. 
 TBT and SPS measures:   Members urged Chinese Taipei to improve the alignment of its 
standards and technical requirements with international standards, to simplify certification 
and testing requirements, and streamline conformity assessment procedures.  Members also asked Chinese Taipei to ensure that it notifies its TBT and SPS measures to the WTO at the draft stage, and that sufficient time is given for other Members to comment and for these 
comments to be taken into consideration. 
 Agriculture:   Members drew attention to the fact that agriculture continues to be a major 
recipient of government assistance, includin g domestic support and border protection. 
Members noted that the tariff schedule has barely changed since the last Review in 2010, 
and that the average tariff for agriculture is much higher than that for non-agricultural products. Members requested information on fuel subsidies for agriculture and fishing, 
considering such subsidies as a source of distortion in primary production. Members also 
noticed that tariff quotas on some agricultural products have remained consistently under-filled, and encouraged Chinese Taipei to revi ew the necessity of maintaining these tariff 
quota restrictions.  Members also encouraged Chinese Taipei to improve the scientific basis 
for measures governing trade in agricultural products and the testing and inspection regime 
at the border. 
 Services:   Given the importance of services to the economy, Members encouraged Chinese 
Taipei to continue opening up its economy, in particular its services sector and remove trade 
barriers that are still in place through inter alia relaxing market access conditions.  
6.8.  This successfully concludes our third revi ew of Chinese Taipei. The substantial number of 
advance questions and the many interventions are testimony to the important role Chinese Taipei 
plays in the WTO. In conclusion, it is clear that Members acknowledge Chinese Taipei for the progress it has made since the last review and I am sure that the current exercise will help Chinese Taipei in further reviewing the directio n and substance of its trade and trade-related 
policies. 
6.9.  Finally, let me thank the Chinese Taipei dele gation for their efforts and dedication to this 
exercise, the discussant for his comments and Members for contributing to what has been an 
informative and enlightening two days of discussions. 
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