Monday 9 November 2009

Formal ECFA negotiations taking-off?

Eight months ago, I blogged about the proposed ECFA between China and Taiwan. Now it seems that the formal negotiations will finally take off as the researchers from both sides have finished and exchanged the results of their feasibility studies. My take is that the agreement probably will be reached the latest by early 2013, as Hu, who will step down as China's president, will probably want the historical agreement as one of his main legacies (Ma will also probably try to get it done by mid-2012 but he probably will get a second term in the office). 


两岸研究部门就两岸经济合作协议在京进行沟通

2009-11-07 09:43 文章来源:商务部新闻办公室
文章类型:原创 内容分类:新闻

  11月6日,商务部台港澳司负责人就两岸研究部门关于两岸经济合作协议在京进行沟通情况接受《国际商报》记者采访时表示,两岸经济交流与合作目前已达到相当的规模,如进一步就两岸经济合作与发展签署协议,将有力促进两岸经贸合作及各自经济发展,也会对亚洲甚至全球的经济发展有所助益。

  今年以来,两岸各自就此进行了前期准备。目前双方有关研究机构均已完成两岸经济合作协议的可行性研究,并进行了多次的非正式意见交换。11月5日,两岸有关研究机构在北京再次就两岸经济合作协议的相关研究内容进行了沟通。双方就各自研究报告的模型设定、前提假设、各种模拟情形对两岸经济和产业发展的影响,及对协议框架、早期收获的构想和关切事项进一步交换了意见。

  在广泛交换意见后,双方研究机构已形成了初步的共同结论和建议,并希望得到进一步确认和完善。至此,两岸专家学者的研究工作基本结束,两岸专家学者共同研究的结论和建议,可以为两岸正式协商提供决策参考。

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