00:00Taiwan's foreign ministry is thanking a group of U.S. lawmakers for backing the country's participation
00:05at the World Trade Organization's ministerial conference in Cameroon.
00:10The lawmakers wrote that Taiwan was forced out of the meeting due to pressure from China.
00:14They said organizers required Taipei participants to attend under a designation which said Taiwan was the province of China.
00:22Beijing claims Taiwan is part of its territory.
00:25The U.S. lawmakers say impeding Taiwan's participation is an infringement of Taiwan's right as a full WTO member.
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