Taiwan asks Australia to back bid to join trans-Pacific trade deal

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“We welcome the Australian bipartisan delegation and other friends from the globe to visit Taiwan, and Beijing has no right to decide how Taiwan engages with the world,” Mr Wu said. “We strongly oppose China’s coercion and interference against people’s freedom of travel and speech.” CPTPP members have previously cited their desire to bed down Britain’s accession to the pact to delay consideration of the vexed issue of China’s and Taiwan’s applications to join. China is opposed to Taiwan being involved in international agreements and bodies. Its One China policy regards Taiwan as a rogue province. While stopping short of...