Plans to negotiate a free trade agreement with Taiwan were put on the backburner several years ago so as not to offend mainland China, sources have revealed.
And while such a plan remains government policy, it is still on hold as the government has its hands full doing deals with Hong Kong, Indonesia, the European Union, the Pacific Alliance and trying to revive the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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