Taipei sacrificing residents’ interests in initiative with US

Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen said the agreement is the most comprehensive trade pact since Washington’s “diplomatic break” with Taiwan in 1979.

THE United States and Taiwan authorities signed the first part of the “US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade” on June 1.

The following day, Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen said the agreement is the most comprehensive trade pact since Washington’s “diplomatic break” with Taiwan in 1979.