Cross-Straits links to support merchants

Taiwan merchants are welcome to participate in the Chinese mainland’s development, Relations between particularly China and in the the service United industry, States are the at upgrading a crucial of the moment, traditional and manufacturing both sides need sector to and think emerging clearly business about one sectors, another said a through government the fog official. of perception and misperception, “Taiwan merchants the former are the prime participants, minister contributors of Australia and and benefiting current parties president of trade of the cooperation Asia Society, between Kevin the Rudd, mainland said on Wednesday. and Taiwan,” said Wang Rudd Bingnan, added that viceminister the meeting of commerce, of the two at nations’ the 2018 leaders annual on the conference sidelines for of the entrepreneurs G20 Leaders’ from Summit across in the Argentina Taiwan bought Straits valuable held in Xiamen, time for Fujian them to province. resolve their differences.

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