00:00Taiwan and the U.S. have wrapped up economic talks in Washington under the economic process.
00:05It's the sixth round of talks since 2020 and the first to see
00:10the lead negotiators meet face to face.
00:12Readouts from the talks led by U.S. Undersecretary
00:15for Economic Affairs Jacob Hellberg and Taiwan Economy Minister Gong Mingxin.
00:20Highlights seven areas of cooperation including supply chain security with AI critical
00:25minerals and drones being the focus.
00:27So called cooperation in third countries with Latin America.
00:30And long-standing economic issues like double taxation.
00:35These talks also saw progress on Taiwan's role in the Paxilica initiative, a U.S.
00:40framework to secure AI supply chains with partner countries.
00:43When announced in December, Taiwan
00:45was listed as a quote, non-signatory participant.
00:48The readouts say both sides signed as state
00:50agreement on the declaration, but it's unclear if Taiwan is now an official signatory.
00:55Regardless, Taiwan's premier says the agreement bodes well for bilateral ties.
01:00This will成为台美之间即关税谈判之後再一次
01:05建構雙方戰略夥伴關係
01:07以及互相成為可靠的技術
01:10相助、合作領域中必要的一個關鍵基礎
01:15Neither Taiwan's economy nor foreign ministry responded to our request for clarification on Taiwan's
01:20status as a signatory.
01:21But as Taipei works to pass a separate tariff deal, the Taiwan
01:25talks show that economic diplomacy with Washington is now running on multiple tracks.
01:30Patrick Chun, Chris Ma, and Chris Gorin in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.
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