TAIPEI (Reuters): Taiwan's chief trade negotiator John Deng told the United States on Wednesday (June 30) that he hopes the two can "gradually" move towards a free trade agreement, a deal which would be a strong show of support from Washington.
Both sides held the long-delayed talks on the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, or TIFA, virtually. These were stalled after former US President Barack Obama left office in 2016 and his successor Donald Trump's trade representative, Robert Lighthizer, focused his attention on China, the world's second-largest economy.