USTR outlines proposed texts for ‘high-ambition’ Taiwan trade initiative  

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has released broad summaries of texts proposed in negotiations with Taiwan, outlining its goals for five chapters it says will achieve the countries’ pledge to forge a “high-ambition” agreement. In a five-page document , the agency detailed its proposals for chapters on customs administration and trade facilitation, good regulatory practices, services domestic regulation, anticorruption, and small and medium-sized enterprises. The proposals were discussed in January during a second round of in-person negotiations under...