Taiwan and New Zealand joined other 22 WTO members on a statement responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic to ensure openness of agricultural supply chains
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A joint statement made by 24 WTO members was announced as a coordinated response aiming to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on agricultural trade and food security. The members underscore the importance of maintaining agriculture supply chains, encourage to implement temporary working solutions to facilitate trade, and are of the view that the application of export restrictions on agriculture and agri-food products creating an unpredictable trading environment that would adversely affect food availability. The details of the joint statement can be found from the following link.
Taiwan and New Zealand are like-minded counties that highly regard open and free multilateral trade system, actively alleviate the impact from climate change, and are the determined promoters for a global digital economy framework. Both governments stand in line and remain collaborative in projects pertaining to an open, sustainable , and facilitating global economic environment.
