Taiwan realistic about US trade deal, but says one will happen eventually


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TAIPEI (REUTERS) - Taiwan is under no illusions it can quickly sign a long-hoped-for free trade deal with the United States but feels when the time is right "success will flow naturally", the island's chief trade negotiator said on Friday (Jan 22). Taiwan has long sought a bilateral trade deal with the United States, the Chinese-claimed island's most important international backer and supplier of arms. Last year, the government lifted a ban on the import of pork containing a leanness-enhancing additive, ractopamine, removing a major stumbling block to an agreement with Washington. But US President Joe Biden has only just...