WASHINGTON — The United States has ruled out a free trade agreement with Taiwan amid a dispute over beef imports, days after the island signed a sweeping accord with longtime adversary China.
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou has tried to sell the landmark accord with China to voters in part by arguing that the island will now be able to pursue free trade agreements with more countries, as Beijing would no longer object.
"The United States has no plans to begin talks with Taiwan about an FTA at this time," David Shear, the State Department pointman on China-Taiwan ties, said Wednesday at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
"Despite our excellent relations, I am disappointed by the lack of progress the United States and Taiwan have made on trade issues" in recent years, said Shear, a deputy assistant secretary of state.
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