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US Not to Form Free Trade Zone with Taiwan
Chinese Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Shi Guangsheng said here Wednesday that the US side has confirmed that it has not sought, and will not seek, to negotiate with Taiwan on forming a free trade zone.

Shi said that US Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick told him during a recent APEC meeting of trade ministers in Mexico that the United States has not been engaged in such negotiations with Taiwan and will not do so in the future.

Shi made the remarks in response to a question on media reports that such negotiations have been going on.

He said that the Taiwan authorities are making use of forming official pacts with foreign countries on free trade arrangements for the purpose of realizing de facto "Taiwan Independence". This represents a "sensitive political issue," he said.

China is opposed to all countries that have established diplomatic relations with China forming official ties of any form with Taiwan, he said.

(Xinhua News Agency November 13, 2002)

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