TRADE DEALS/Taiwan, Canada agree on holding formal talks on investment pact

Deputy Legislative Speaker Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) on Monday received a visiting U.K. parliamentary delegation, urging the United Kingdom to support Taiwan's bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Taiwan's top trade negotiator Yang Jen-ni (楊珍妮) said on Sunday that the nation would push to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) during the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Lima.

Trade Representative at the Executive Yuan's Office of Trade Negotiations and Minister without Portfolio Yang Jen-ni (楊珍妮) told an economic forum on Wednesday that Taiwan could lose out on an extra 1.6 percentage points of GDP growth if the country did not accede to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).