Agreement comes less than one year after launch of U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on
21st Century Trade
不到一年台美贸易倡议达成此协定
WASHINGTON – United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai today
announced that the United States and Taiwan, under the auspices of the
American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), have concluded
negotiations on the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade.
华盛顿-贸易代表戴琪今天宣布，在AIT与TERCO主持下，美国与台湾完成了台美21世纪
贸易倡议的谈判。
“This accomplishment represents an important step forward in strengthening
the U.S.-Taiwan economic relationship,” said Ambassador Katherine Tai. “It
demonstrates how we can work together and advance mutual trade priorities on
behalf of our people. We look forward to continuing these negotiations and
finalizing a robust and high-standard trade agreement that tackles pressing
21st century economic challenges.”
此成就代表强化台美经济关系迈出重要一步，戴琪说它展示了我们如何代表人民一起
共同努力并互相推动贸易的优先权来完成一个健全与高标准的贸易协定，来对付21世纪
紧迫的经济挑战。
The first agreement under the initiative covers the areas of customs
administration and trade facilitation, good regulatory practices, services
domestic regulation, anticorruption, and small and medium-sized enterprises.
Through these provisions, U.S. businesses will be able to bring more products
to Taiwan and Taiwanese customers, while creating more transparent and
streamlined regulatory procedures that can facilitate investment and economic
opportunities in both markets, particularly for small- and medium-sized
enterprises. Once signed, this agreement will deepen the trading partnership
and enhance U.S.-Taiwan trade flows in order to promote innovation and
inclusive economic growth for workers and businesses.
第一份协定在该倡议底下包含海关行政和贸易便捷化，好的监管办法、服务国内的监管、
反贪腐和中小企业，通过这些规定，美国商业将有能力为台湾与台湾消费者带来更多产
品，同时制定更透明与简洁的监管程序，对两边的市场促进投资与经济机会，特别是中小
企业。一旦签署此协定将会深化贸易关系，并提高台美贸易流动来促进创新与劳工跟商业
的包容性经济成长。
The negotiated text can now be accessed on USTR’s website.
可在美国贸易署官网看到谈判内文。
The agreement will be signed by AIT and TECRO in the coming weeks, in both
English and Chinese. Details on the signing ceremony will be available at a
later date.
此协定将在未来几周内由AIT与TECRO以中英文签署 ，细节与签署仪式将会在稍后
公布。
Following the signing of the agreement, the United States and Taiwan, under
the auspices of AIT and TECRO, will commence negotiations on additional trade
areas set forth in the initiative’s negotiating mandate.
根据签署的协定，台美将在AIR与TECRO的主持下，开始着手谈判此倡议授权的其他的
贸易领域。