A spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said in response to a question on the 9th that the relevant departments are currently studying and further suspending the tariff concessions of ECFA early harvest agriculture and fishery, machinery, auto parts, textiles and other products in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) and relevant policies and regulations. An expert on the Taiwan issue pointed out in an interview that the relevant measures of the mainland are a legitimate countermeasure to their erroneous practices and are reasonable and reasonable for the authorities to engage in political manipulation in an attempt to slack blame and evade responsibility.
Zhang Guanhua, a researcher at the Institute of Taiwan Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that in June 2010, the two sides of the strait signed the ECFA on the basis of the "92 Consensus". Over the years, the mainland has always earnestly fulfilled its commitments to promote and ensure the entry into force and implementation of the ECFA, bringing tangible benefits to relevant enterprises and people on both sides of the strait, especially in Taiwan. On the other hand, before taking office, he attacked the ECFA, and after taking office, not only did he not take practical measures to lift the discriminatory restrictions on the mainland, but also continued to revise the rules, set up obstacles, maliciously obstructed and undermined the normal cross-strait economic exchanges and cooperation, seriously hindered the implementation of the ECFA, and seriously damaged the interests of relevant enterprises and consumers on the mainland.
He pointed out that the authorities not only want to enjoy the ECFA dividends, but also violate the relevant regulations of the ECFA and the World Organization (WTO), resulting in the relevant departments of the mainland having to suspend tariff concessions for some products. However, instead of taking effective measures to correct their erroneous practices, the authorities have seized the opportunity to engage in political manipulation and intensify efforts to create an atmosphere of opposition to and obstruction of cross-strait economic and trade exchanges and cooperation. The mainland's study of expanding the scope of tariff concessions for ECFA early harvest products is a resolute countermeasure to the wrong practice of the *** authorities.
Sheng Jiuyuan, director of the Center for Taiwan Studies at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, believes that for the sake of his own selfish interests, he restricts normal cross-strait exchanges and completely ignores Taiwan's development and the well-being of the people. If the two sides of the strait are unable to resume consultations on the basis of the "92 Consensus" and remove the obstacles set up by the Taiwan side against the mainland through an institutionalized platform, the relevant departments of the mainland are bound to further expand the suspension of the ECFA tariff concessions for early harvest agricultural and fishery, machinery, auto parts, textiles, and other products in order to protect the legitimate interests of enterprises, and even do not rule out the possibility of terminating the ECFA due to the deterioration of the implementation conditions and the environment.
He analyzed that Taiwan's agricultural and fishery, machinery, auto parts, and other products are highly dependent on the mainland market, and the dependence of some agricultural and fishery products on the mainland market is even close to 100 percent. The suspension of tariff concessions on related products has directly damaged the interests of farmers and fishermen on the island, and Taiwan's industry has also been greatly shaken. Once the ECFA is terminated, the normal channel for Taiwan's relevant industries, especially traditional industries, to enter the mainland market will be blocked, and Taiwan's economy will inevitably suffer a serious impact.
It has been pointed out that in the future, the 34 kinds of zero-tariff agricultural and fishery products that the mainland has given to Taiwan, including betel nut and hairtail, may be subject to tariff preferences. In this regard, Tang Yonghong, a professor at the Institute of Taiwan Studies of Xiamen University, said that this is the self-reaping fruit of the authorities. Economic and trade issues could have been properly resolved through cross-strait consultations, but the authorities have stubbornly adhered to their "leading position" and refused to recognize the "consensus of '92," thus undermining the basis for cross-strait consultations and the conditions for the continued implementation of the ECFA, making it difficult for the relevant issues to be properly resolved in a timely manner, and causing the Taiwan compatriots to suffer greatly.
He said that only by returning to the common political basis of the "consensus of '92" can we fundamentally improve the situation and hope that we will return to the correct track of peaceful development at an early date, and that the two sides of the strait can resolve various problems in cross-strait economic and trade relations through consultations on the basis of the "consensus of '92." It is hoped that compatriots on both sides of the strait will join hands to jointly promote the return of the two sides of the strait to the right track of peaceful development, promote the deepening and solidification of cross-strait integration and development, and share the dividends of the peaceful reunification of the two sides of the strait and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.