Ministry of Economic Affairs.

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[Reporters Zhong Lihua, Lin Jinghua/Report from Taipei] The United Kingdom has successfully joined the CPTPP. As for when Taiwan is expected to join, an official from the Executive Yuan said yesterday that the CPTPP ministers’ video conference did not discuss this, and Taiwan will continue to make preparations for it. CPTPP member states expressed Taiwan's determination and ability to meet the high standards of CPTPP.

The UK announced the completion of the negotiations, and the government is also paying close attention. The meeting was still held until last night, and the sand table deduces the possible situation of my country's membership.

Officials said that the United Kingdom has been negotiating for two years to join the membership, and the text must be confirmed and ratified by various countries before it can actually join as a member state.

The UK membership negotiation is a model for the follow-up membership case, and the UK has not completed it, so it is difficult to proceed to the next stage.

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Since my country formally applied for membership in September 2021, when will the CPTPP set up a Taiwan membership working group?

Officials pointed out that besides Taiwan, five other countries including China, Uruguay, and Ecuador have applied for membership. The ministers of each country held a video conference yesterday, but did not discuss which country would set up a working group, whether it should be set up "sequentially" or "simultaneously." In progress, everything is still unknown and not easy to predict.

The Economic and Trade Office of the Executive Yuan emphasized that my country has continued to maintain different levels of interaction with member states, including the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Meeting in June last year, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Trade Ministerial Meeting in May, and the APEC Annual Ministerial Meeting and Leaders Meeting in November. .

In April last year, the Legislative Yuan passed the amendments to the "Copyright Law", "Trademark Law" and "Patent Law" in the third reading. In February last year, the restrictions on food imports from Fukushima and the surrounding five prefectures in Japan were relaxed, and the CPTPP member countries increased their compliance with international norms. confidence.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs also stated that the United Kingdom will indeed be a good example, and Taiwan will also contact the United Kingdom to collect relevant information for my country to join.

Officials said that they will continue to discuss with various member states, including the convenience of market access, agricultural product import and export, intellectual property rights, etc., and will continue to work hard to communicate and look forward to joining as soon as possible.

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