A spokesman for the U.S. State Department said that the Taiwanese authorities, following the Chinese government, applied for membership in the TPP = Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, in which 11 countries including Japan participate, this month. He said that he hopes that Taiwan's achievements as a member of the WTO = World Trade Organization and the values of democracy will be taken into consideration in the evaluation.
This month, following the Chinese government, Taiwanese authorities applied for membership in the TPP = Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, in which 11 countries including Japan participate.
Regarding this, a spokesman for the US State Department, Price, said at a press conference on the 24th, "The United States is not a member, so we will leave it to the judgment of the participating countries."
In addition, regarding the application in Taiwan, he said, "I hope that the WTO = achievements as a responsible member of the World Trade Organization and the value of democracy will be taken into consideration."
"We hope that non-market-based trade practices and the use of economic coercion against other countries will be taken into account in the assessment," he said of China.
Regarding the return of the United States to the TPP, he said, "President Biden has stated that he will not rejoin the TPP that was originally proposed," and reiterated his cautious stance.