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| GOODS |
| Tariffs |
Some 539 categories of Taiwanese goods and services are on an "early harvest" list for tariff cuts by China; Taiwan province of China will cut tariffs on some 267 categories of Chinese goods.
Annex I includes product list and tariff reduction arrangements under the EH for trade in goods
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| Rules of Origin |
Announced for Early Harvest Dec 27, 2010
Final rules of origin still awaiting negotiation.
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| Contingency Measures |
| Anti - Dumping : |
| Countervailing Duties : |
| Safeguards : Annex III for measures under Early Harvest for Trade in Goods |
Standards : |
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Notes:
The signatories of this agreements are the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (China); The Straits Exchange Foundation (the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu) |
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| SERVICES |
WTO Notification (GATS Art. V) : Not Notified
Date of notification
Consideration Process :
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Liberalization Approach : Positive Lists
Modes Covered
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Specific Chapters on
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Specific Sectors Excluded
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Public Sectors carve-out :
Most Favoured Nation :
National Treatment :
Market Access :
Domestic Regulation :
Subsidies covered by services disciplines :
Denial of benefits for commercial presence :
Notes :
Early Harvest for Trade in Services (Article 8) and Annex IV Sectors and Liberalziation Measures under the EH for Trade in Services
Link to schedules :http://www.ecfa.org.tw/EcfaAttachment/ECFADoc/Annex%20IV%20Sectors%20and%20Liberalization%20Measures.pdf
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| INVESTMENT |
Scheduling Approach :
Definition of investment :
Most Favoured Nation :
National Treatment :
Fair and Equitable Treatment :
Expropriation :
Board of Directors and executive personnel :
Invester - State arbitration : 
Denial of Benefits :
Additional BIT exists between the parties :
BIT list I :
Status:
BIT list II :
Status:
Notes :
Article 5 announces future negotiations in Investment.
Link to schedules :
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| TRADE FACILITATION |
| Customs procedures : Yes Article III. |
| Customs valuation : No |
| Trade regulations publication and administration (transparency) : No |
| E-Commerce / Paperless trade : No |
| Cooperation in trade facilitation : No |
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| OTHER AREAS |
| Government Procurement : No |
| Investment : Yes Agreement Pending: Likely in 2011 (7th Jiang-Chen Talks) |
| Competition Policy : No |
| Intellectual Property : Yes Agreed to in Article III, to be negotiated. |
| Dispute Settlement : Yes Article 10 suggest use of consultations on the establishment of appropriate dispute settlement procedures no later than six months after the entry into force of the Agreement. Pending: Unlikely in 2011.
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| Labor Mobility : No |
| Labor and Environmental Standards : No
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| Technical cooperation : No |
| Institutional mechanism : Yes Cross-Straits Economic Coopertaion Committee (Article 11) |
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Notes:
Chapter 3 on Economic Cooperation |
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