00:00Taiwan will skip a high-level World Trade Organization for the first time
00:05following a dispute over its official designation.
00:08Officials in Taipei say the delegation was labelled as Taiwan, Province of China
00:14and official visa paperwork issued ahead of the meeting in Cameroon
00:18prompting a strong protest against the host nation.
00:23While Cameroonian authorities later granted visa exemptions,
00:27Taiwan says the documents remain riddled with errors,
00:30including misspelled names and incorrect personal details.
00:33Taiwan said the inaccuracies could have caused problems at the border,
00:37leaving it with no choice but to withdraw.
00:40Taipei has also accused Cameroon of bowing to pressure from China.
00:44Taiwan joined DWTO in 2002 under the name Chinese Taipei,
00:49shortly after China's own accession.
00:51Beijing has long opposed the use of Taiwan or Republic of China in global forums.
00:56The World Trade Organization ministerial conference,
01:00which takes place every other year,
01:02had been scheduled to take place from March 26 to 29.
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