Major parties talk tough as speaker seeks to end protest standoff

Both the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) and the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) offered few signs of compromise Friday as Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng said he would seek opinions from all parties on how to resolve the dispute over a service trade pact with China.

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