The China-Taiwan Relationship: Economic Integration and Normalization

Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan and Qin Tang

Chapter 4 in Economic Integration in Asia: Towards the Delineation of a Sustainable Path, 2014, pp 56-77 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The cross-Strait economic relationship is complex given the uneasy political connections existing between mainland China and Taiwan. Although attempts at fostering economic links between the two countries date back to the late 1970s, it is only after the 1985 Plaza Accord that Taiwanese firms started using China as an economic platform for trade and investment. Increased integration and normalization between the two countries was given a decisive impetus with membership to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The political dialogue after 2008 has changed trade and investment patterns into a more balanced cooperation. The Economic Cooperative Framework Agreement (ECFA) is a critical agreement in redressing the imbalances in the relationship.

Keywords: cross-Strait; economic integration; normalization; WTO; ECFA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137432933_4

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