Source · Select Committees · Foreign Affairs Committee
Recommendation 48
48
Deferred
Paragraph: 155
Campaign for Taiwan's admission to CPTPP now that the UK is a full member.
Conclusion
Now that the UK is a full member of CPTPP it can and should campaign for Taiwan to be admitted.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government partially agrees but shifts focus to the importance and independence of the BBC World Service and its language services, not addressing campaigning for Taiwan's admission to CPTPP.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Paragraph Reference:
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Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
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We partially agree with the Committee’s recommendation on Taiwan’s place in international organisations. We believe the people of Taiwan have a valuable contribution to make on issues of global concern. The UK therefore supports Taiwanese participation in international organisations as a member where statehood is not a prerequisite and as an observer or guest where it is. This includes support for Taiwan as an observer at the World Health Assembly and participation in relevant WHO technical meetings, as stated in the UK national statement at the 2023 WHA. We welcome CPTPP members’ willingness to expand the CPTPP group. Membership is open to all economies willing and able to meet the high standards of the agreement and with a demonstrated pattern of complying with their trade commitments. The UK’s priority now is the key parliamentary processes needed to take place before the deal can be ratified, so we will not be commenting on the specifics of any other economies’ interest in the agreement.
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