ExportNZ welcomes economic cooperation with Chinese Taipei

ExportNZ welcomes talks on closer economic cooperation with Chinese Taipei

ExportNZ Executive Director Catherine Beard welcomes the announcement that the New Zealand Government is to start talks on a closer economic cooperation agreement with Chinese Taipei.

"With high growth rates and a population of over 20 million people, Chinese Taipei is a high-tech country with an increasingly wealthy population.

"The New Zealand and the Chinese Taipei economies look to complement each other very well in terms of our exports and imports, and there should be good opportunities for increased trade, tourism and education between both our countries.

"Minister of Trade, Hon Tim Groser and his colleagues should be congratulated on this announcement, as usually there is a lot of diplomatic groundwork that needs to be done prior to the announcement of any closer economic cooperation talks and a queue of countries wanting to engage in them.

"We look forward to giving our on-going support to the successful conclusion of these talks. It all adds to a more integrated free trade environment in the Asia Pacific."

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