Taiwan free trade controversy

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Regardless of whether or not industrialists are in favor of a bilateral free trade agreement with Taiwan, the Taiwanese ambassador said that talks, which formally began on 24 October, would continue as planned. El Caribe newspaper points out that last month Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso received letters from a number of organizations representing the private sector expressing their displeasure with the possible agreement, saying that it would be inopportune economically, politically and socially. The Taiwanese ambassador also discredited what he termed China's "meddling" in the negotiations between Taiwan and the DR, and said that no country would be allowed to interfere in the process. He pointed out that the DR and Taiwan have had diplomatic relations for 62 years, and those ties continue to grow strong.

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