Taiwan and China are set to hold talks on a cross-strait trade in goods agreement on September 10. That’s the word from Deputy Economics Minister Cho Shih-chao on Thursday.
Cho did not reveal further details, but said that his ministry will do all it can to vie for conditions that will benefit Taiwanese businesses. The meeting will be held in Taiwan, but the exact location has yet to be confirmed.
Meanwhile, Economics Minister Woody Duh has said that industries to be covered in the talks will include automobiles, machine tools, petrochemicals and flat panels.
The talks will be the first of their kind in nearly five months. That’s despite a lack of progress on the review of a cross-strait trade in services agreement that was signed in June 2013.