Taiwan, mainland car assocs aim to remove tariff

Published: 30 Jun 2009 21:18:25 PST

Shanghai, June 30 (Gasgoo.com) Car manufacturing associations in China's mainland and Taiwan have reached a preliminary agreement to remove tariffs on small passenger cars under the planned cross-Strait trade pact, an official from the Taiwan Transportation Vehicle Manufacturers Association said last week, Dow Jones reported.

"We hope to reduce tariff rates to zero ... and that governments on both sides can include this in their future discussions" under the planned Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), said the official, who declined to be named.

The official, who is from the association's business affairs section, said the agreement was reached in Beijing after talks between Kuo-Rong Chen, chairman of the Taiwan association, and Dong Yang, vice chairman of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

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