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PRESS/TPRB/266 
20 June 2006 
 
(06-2960) 
TRADE POLICY REVIEW: THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, 
KINMEN, AND MATSU (CHINESE TAIPEI)  
A record of strong growth whic h continued reform can help to 
maintain  
The economy of Chinese Taipei appears to be on a steady growth path, given the ongoing 
implementation of macroeconomic policy measures and structural reforms, including trade 
liberalization, with the authorities forecasting GDP growth of 4.25% in 2006, according to a WTO Secretariat report on the Trade policies and practices of Chinese Taipei. 
 
But a number of challenges remain, as the Chinese Taipei authorities recognize.  The report says that of great importance to Chinese Taipei's longer-term growth prospects will be its efforts to 
implement structural and other economic reforms to boost competition, including trade 
liberalization particularly in agriculture.  
The report also says that further improvement of Chinese Taipei's investment environment would 
contribute to attracting inbound direct investment, and improving the efficiency of its economy.    
The report, along with a policy statement by the Ch inese Taipei authorities, will be the basis for 
the first trade policy review of Chinese Taipei by  the Trade Policy Review Body of the WTO on 20 
and 22 June 2006. 
 
The following documents are available in MS Wo rd format on the WTO web-site. They can be 
downloaded at http://www.wto.org/english/ tratop_e/tpr_e/tp266.htm  
 
• Report by the Secretariat 
> Contents and summary observations  
> Economic environment  
> Trade and investment regimes  > Trade policies and practices by measure  
> Trade policies by sector  
> Appendix tables  
• Report by the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu  
• Chairperson’s concluding remarks  
• Minutes of the meeting (available appr oximately six weeks after the meeting). PRESS/TPRB/266 
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review, two documents are prepared: a policy st atement by the Member under review, and a 
detailed report written independently by the WT O Secretariat. These two documents are then 
discussed by the WTO’s full membership in th e Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB). These 
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