UK-TAIWAN TRADE TALKS BOOST AGRICULTURE, ENERGY AND PHARMA SECTORS
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1st October 2019: As the British government’s trade envoy to Taiwan, I attended the 22nd round of UK-Taiwan trade talks in London on 1 October with Trade Policy Minister Conor Burns and Taiwanese Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Mei-Hua Wang. The ministers agreed to work together on the UK’s application to export British lamb to Taiwan. Discussion also focused on market access issues and ways to boost cooperation on offshore wind, pharmaceuticals and financial services. We also celebrated the one year anniversary since Taiwan allowed imports of quality British pork in August 2018. More than £4.58 million of British pork has been exported to Taiwan in the first year.  Lord Faulkner (UK Trade Envoy to Taiwan), Conor Burns (Minister for Trade Policy, Department for International Trade), Mei-Hua Wang (Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs), David Y.L. Lin (Representative, Taipei Representative Office in the UK), and William Liu (Deputy Director General, Bureau of Foreign Trade). |