Taiwan hopes to sign ECFA this year

Taiwan's media reported that in the face of the start of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, Taiwan authorities to promote the agreement with the Mainland Economic cooperation framework (ECFA), and hope to include in the ECFA to reduce tariffs in the early harvest clause. According to the SEF Deputy Secretary-General Massauzhan revealed that this year, the SEF will do its utmost to complete and arats business signed ECFA. As for the expert-level consultations between the two sides of ECFA, he said that it would be launched after the Lunar New Year (mid-February) and that experts would take turns to negotiate with the mainland. In response to Taiwan's concern over the Cross-strait investment protection agreement, Massauzhan said, there are many chapters of the ECFA, Cross-strait investment protection Agreement into the ECFA discussion, the SEF hopes the 5th time "Jiang" can sign the ECFA.