China-S. Korea FTA to hurt Taiwan中國-S。韓國FTA傷害台灣

Taiwan's former vice president Hsiao Wan-chang （蕭萬長）and the President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping（習近平）are seen with their wives at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation welcome dinner in Beijing, yesterday. (CNA)台灣前副總統蕭萬長（蕭萬長）和中國習近平中華人民共和國（習近平）的總裁被認為與在亞太經合組織他們的妻子歡迎晚宴在北京，昨天。（CNA）

By Amy Chyan ,The China Post
November 11, 2014, 12:04 am TWN

Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Cho Shih-chao （卓士昭） said that with all the FTAs South Korea has signed, the country's current trade coverage is 62.66 percent compared to Taiwan's 9.68 percent.
Executive Yuan spokesman Hsun Li-chun（孫立群）said the FTA is a critical concern for Taiwan and that the nation has always had higher export numbers than South Korea. However, South Korea has been steadily improving, said Hsun, by signing FTAs with more than 50 countries and is looking into the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a regional FTA that more than 14 countries have expressed interest in.

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- China and South Korea reached consensus on a free trade agreement (FTA) at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Beijing yesterday, which according to the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI, 工研院）will negatively impact Taiwan's industry by NT$260 billion to NT$650 billion unless Taiwan and China can agree on a cross-strait trade pact.

According to reports, the China-South Korea agreement covers a total of 19 areas of trade, including electronics, clothing, e-commerce and investments.

As 77 percent of South Korea's exports are similar to those of Taiwan, the country has diminished Taiwan's competitive edge by utilizing their massive reach through FTAs with the United States, China and Europe, said Hsun.

MOEA minister Tu Tzu-chun （杜紫軍）said that negotiations over cross-strait trade have been ongoing since 2011, but South Korea was able to close the deal yesterday.

According to a member of the Presidential Office, the signing of the FTA was expected. However, due to the effect it will have on the Taiwanese exports industry, Taiwan needs to be diligent in catching up.

Kuomintang spokesman Chen I-hsin （陳以信）urged the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to be unbiased when voting on cross-strait bills in order for Taiwan to avoid falling behind other countries. The DPP's repeated boycotting of cross-strait laws, said Chen, is the reason these agreements linger in political purgatory. If the boycott continues, the DPP will become an accomplice to Taiwan's imminent weakness and crippled economy, Chen said.

The DPP needs to take responsibility for Taiwan's economy falling behind South Korea, said Chen, now that South Korea has an advantage.

DPP convener Ko Chien-ming （柯建銘）responded by saying that the FTA details need to be closely examined before any laws and trade agreements are rushed into being.

Ko said the urgency is due to the fact the China-South Korea FTA has affected the progress of the KMT favored “one country, two systems” policy. President Ma Ying-jeo's cross-straight policy has failed so the relationship between the two countries needs to be reassessed, said Ko. Whether signing trade agreements with China will solve Taiwan's economic dilemma still needs to be thoroughly discussed, said Ko.

中國-S。韓國FTA傷害台灣

艾米Chyan，在中國郵政
2014年11月11日，上午12時04 TWN

台北，台灣 - 中國和韓國達成了自由貿易協定（FTA）在亞太經合組織（APEC）論壇昨日在北京，根據工業技術研究院（ITRI，工研院）的共識會負面新台幣260十億新台幣650十億台灣產業的影響，除非台灣和中國都同意兩岸貿易協定。

行政院發言人勳李津（孫立群）表示，自貿區是台灣的國家一直有比韓國更高的出口數字的關鍵問題。然而，韓國一直在穩步提高，勳說，通過簽訂自由貿易協定與50多個國家和正在調查的跨太平洋夥伴關係，區域自由貿易協定，有超過14個國家已表示有興趣。

經濟事務部副部長（MOEA）趙士超（卓士昭）說，與所有的自由貿易協定韓國簽署，該國目前的貿易覆蓋率為62.66％，比台灣的9.68％左右。

據報導，中國和韓國達成協議，共19個領域的貿易，包括電子，服裝，電子商務和投資覆蓋。

由於77％的韓國出口的是相似的台灣，這個國家已經減少台灣的競爭力，通過自由貿易協定與美國，中國和歐洲利用他們巨大的影響力，說勳。

經濟部部長杜慈君（杜紫軍）說，在兩岸貿易談判自2011年以來一直在進行，但韓國能昨日完成交易。

據總統府的一名成員，自貿協定的簽署預期。然而，由於它的效果將會對台灣出口產業，台灣必須勤奮追趕。

國民黨發言人陳予鑫（陳以信）呼籲民進黨（DPP）對兩岸的法案，以便在投票時要不偏不倚台灣，以避免落後於其他國家。民進黨一再兩岸法律抵制，稱陳，是這些協議縈繞在政治煉獄的原因。如果抵制繼續，民進黨將成為幫兇台灣即將弱點和殘缺的經濟，陳先生說。

民進黨必須要為台灣經濟落後韓國的責任，說陳，現在韓國有優勢。

民進黨召集人高建明（柯建銘）回應說，自由貿易協定細節需要仔細審查之前的任何法律和貿易協定都趕到應運而生。