Economic Cooperation Agreement between Belize and Taiwan officially takes effect


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Posted: Monday, January 17, 2022. 3:12 pm CST. By Benjamin Flowers: The Governments of Belize and the Republic of China (Taiwan) signed an Economic Cooperation Agreement (ECA) back in 2020, and the Embassy of Taiwan says that the agreement has finally taken effect. The agreement, which was signed on September 30, 2020, officially took effect on January 15, 2022, and provides for preferential treatment for Belize’s 199 items of goods, including key agricultural and fisheries products such as lobster, beef, pork, chicken, juices, and sugar, while granting preferential tariffs to 33 products coming out of Taiwan into Belize. These include...