Taiwan’s envoy to Canada says fear of China may be delaying trade deal

Taiwan’s representative in Canada says he is concerned the Liberal government may be deliberately delaying the signing of a trade agreement with Taipei to preserve its relationship with China. Harry Tseng, the head of the Taipei’s Economic and Cultural Office in Canada, told Radio-Canada that the negotiating teams from Ottawa and Taipei have initialed every page of the trade co-operation framework agreement and it has been ready for final signatures since April. There are “no negotiations left. Not only [is it] initialed — we have three versions of the text ready: English, French and Mandarin,” said Tseng. “That tells you…