Taiwan’s position in Asia-Pacific economic integration after the ECFA
Taiwan’s position in Asia-Pacific economic integration after the ECFA

Summary/Abstract: Two current focal points for regional economic relations in Asia-Pacific area are the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) led by the United States and an ASEAN-centred Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Taiwan as an economy highly interconnected with mainland China surely would avoid being left out of regional economic relations in Asia-Pacific region. However, its unfavourable diplomatic relations with China are still one of the main issues which prevent Taiwan from joining the major regional blocs successfully. Thus, because of such a changing regional environment where most Taiwan’s major trading partners are TPP or/and RECP parties, the purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how Taiwan tries to leverage on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) as a gateway to maintain its advantageous status and to have opportunities for accession to the TPP or the RCEP.

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