Taiwan Is Not In A Hurry To Sign The ECFA Agreement With The Mainland.

Lin Shengzhong, Vice Minister of economic affairs of Taiwan, said Taiwan government It is not eager to sign the economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China, though it plans to conclude the agreement by the end of June.

According to Lin, the third round. ECFA The negotiation time is likely to be postponed until June, which means that the deadline for signing the agreement by the end of June is very tense. In addition, he said, ECFA's "early harvest 1"; textile, machinery and petrochemical products included in the plan will be less than expected.

One in the Legislative Yuan. Joint Committee At the meeting, Lin told policy makers that if the dialogue could not give the least acceptable result, the Taiwan government would postpone the signing of the agreement.

In the meantime, the two sides will soon start negotiations on patents and trademarks.