#Opinion by Peter Chow 周鉅原 | "It can thus be predicted that Biden will strengthen and repair its relations with allies in the future, but will not rush to sign any FTAs – including the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership CPTPP), which some Asian countries have been looking forward to. These Asian countries can only keep on waiting patiently. However, Biden will reach cooperative agreements with trusted allies and partners on high-tech cooperation such as Internet of Things (Iots), artificial intelligence, 5G, cloud technology, and digital trade outside the scope of WTO regulations. Taiwan has mastered the high-end technology of chips, a product whose status in this era of the digital economy has been compared to the oil in the past. Therefore, we can be optimistic about the prospect of Taiwan and the US strengthening their relations, forming alliances and reaching a digital trade agreement."
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"由此觀之,未來拜登會加強跟盟邦修補關係,但是不會急著簽訂任何FTA,甚至是一些亞洲國家所期待的重返CPTPP(跨太平洋夥伴全面進步協定),亞洲國家只能耐心等待。但是拜登會跟可信賴的盟邦與夥伴,就高科技的合作如Iots(物聯網)、人工智慧、5G、雲端科技及在WTO規範範圍之外的數位貿易,達成合作協定。台灣掌握了晶片的高端技術,晶片在數位經濟的地位,被比喻為「昔日的石油」,所以台美兩國在數位貿易方面強化關係、結成聯盟,達成數位貿易協定是可以樂觀期待的。"
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economy of scope 在 Lee Hsien Loong Facebook 的最佳解答
The pandemic has slowed but not stopped the world from moving forward.
We signed the UK-SG Free Trade Agreement today. We have an FTA with the EU, which entered into force on 21 November 2019. But because of Brexit, we need a separate agreement with the UK. Otherwise once Brexit happens on 31 December 2020, the EU-Singapore FTA will no longer cover the UK.
My thanks to officials on both sides for their hard work in concluding the negotiations!
We also announced plans to scope the modules of a bilateral Digital Economy Agreement (DEA) and launch negotiations in early 2021.
Look forward to deepening our strong ties with the UK, and more opportunities for our businesses to grow and collaborate in our respective regions. – LHL
economy of scope 在 李怡 Facebook 的最佳貼文
I sincerely hope I am wrong | Lee Yee
I know very little about American issues. In the past, I even thought that no matter which party wins the presidential election, there would be no significant difference under the Constitution and the existing system. However, it is different this time. This US presidential election not only involves the interests of the Americans but also concerns the future political situation of the world, especially for China and Hong Kong.
The state of society tearing as a result of this presidential election is far beyond any from the past, almost to the point of a civil war. As far as the domestic situation in the US is concerned, it is not a dispute between supporting Trump or supporting Biden, but a fight between support for Trump and opposition to Trump. The topics of discussion are 1) epidemic prevention and control measures, 2) violence and disorder due to the Black Lives Matter protests, and 3) economy. Arguments from both standpoints are too numerous to detail and many are reasonable with solid judgment. It is very difficult to explain clearly in this short article. I will only discuss the history and current situation of Sino-US relations.
The most important timeline in the history of the modern relations between China and the US is after WWII during the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang (KMT)-led government of the Republic of China and the Communist Party of China (CPC). At that time, the 33rd president of the US and leader of the Democratic Party, Harry S. Truman pursued a policy of appeasement to the CPC and actively advocated negotiations between the KMT and the CPC. During the Chinese Civil War, it was apparent that he was pro-communist and made the communist military stronger. The KMT was defeated for internal reasons but the US inclination was key. After the KMT government retreated to Taiwan, in January 1950, President Truman issued a statement that the US would not intervene with the situation in China and declared that the island groups of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and some minor islands were not within the scope of the US military. The US Democratic Party allowed mainland China to fall into the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Later, Chiang Kai-shek commissioned General Ho Shai-lai to Tokyo to meet with Douglas MacArthur, the American general who administered postwar Japan during the Allied occupation and oversaw the occupation, rebuilding and democratization of Japan. The visit aimed to win the support of General MacArthur and was ultimately able to save Taiwan.
Another important page in the history of the Sino-US relations was the diplomatic breakthrough of Republican US President Richard Nixon in 1971. A military conflict broke out in the previous year at the border of China and the then Soviet Union. The Soviet Union intended to deploy nuclear weapons to perform a so-called “surgical removal operation” on China’s nuclear base. However, it was halted when it probed the US for reactions. The US stated that if the Soviet Union employed nuclear weapons, it would undoubtedly challenge the US nuclear balance policy. After that, when the US collaborated with China to strategically deal with the superpower Soviet Union, the US did not abandon Taiwan. Not until 1979 when Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the US and a democrat, established diplomatic relations with the CCP that the US severed ties with Taiwan. The incident triggered a global trend to set up diplomatic relations with the CCP, which enabled the CCP to steady a firm holding in the international community.
The third important aspect in the history of the Sino-US relations was in 2000, under Bill Clinton’s administration, China was given entry into the WTO (World Trade Organization) and granted a most favored nation (MFN) status. Since then, it developed its foothold as an international manufacturer in the global market. Furthermore, its economy took off through intellectual property theft, failure to commit to the promise of its 2001 accession to the WTO and market dominance by means of authoritarian capitalism. As China’s economic development fully penetrates into the Western world, on the one hand, it takes advantage of the multinational companies invested in China to control the capital markets of the US and the West. On the other hand, it invests heavily in its grand propaganda to control overseas Chinese media and even Western mainstream media.
Every election candidate receives donations from multinational companies. Not to mention 90% of the mainstream media in the US are owned or operated by these Democratic Party’s donors. Therefore, they turn a blind eye to the elephant in the room and injudiciously embrace the CCP regime that has infiltrated the American society and continuously infringed on human rights at home. In addition to the interest considerations, the media of course also has the leftist ideology permeated in Western academia and journalism. I will elaborate on this topic at another time.
Finally, there is Trump who is not swayed by the donors of multinational corporations because he himself does not lack money nor is he afraid to offend most of the leftist media. He sometimes speaks without thinking but he never seeks the so-called “political correctness,” and basically does what he says he would. People who stand on the moral high ground with the spirit of great love would shake their heads upon his words and actions. Regardless, only a person like Trump can start to contain the power that infiltrated the US and the Western world, and support the democracy of Taiwan and Hong Kong’s campaign for autonomy.
Currently, anti-China is the general social conscience in the US. Biden’s China policy seems to align with that of Trump’s. Biden even defined the CCP’s handling of Xinjiang as an “ethnic genocide.” However, is there really no difference between the two parties? Recall that when Clinton was running for the presidency, he said that he opposed the Republican government’s annual review of the US MFN status for China. He believed it should not be granted but after he took office, he made China’s MFN status permanent and sent China to the WTO.
As the Democratic Party controls Wall Street and mainstream media, I am not optimistic about Trump in this election. Even so, I really hope from my brain to my heart that I am wrong.
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