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MAC chairwoman to speak on ECFA in U.S.07/29/2010 (CNA) Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan is scheduled to visit the United States, where she will deliver a speech to a Washington-based think tank August 4 on a landmark cross-Taiwan Strait trade pact, an MAC official said Thursday.Lai was invited by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) to deliver the speech on cross-strait relations in the wake of the economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China that was signed June 29. The speech will be hosted by Gary Schmitt, a resident scholar at the AEI who is also director of the institute's Program on Advanced Strategic Studies. Lai, Taiwan's top China policymaker, will be the second Cabinet member to explain the ECFA in the U.S. Government Information Office (GIO) Minister Johnny Chiang also briefed several think tanks and media outlets in the U.S. early this month about the trade pact. In addition to her keynote speech at the AEI, Lai is also expected to talk about the ECFA during a speech to overseas Taiwanese representatives in Los Angeles August 6, the MAC official said. The AEI said in its invitation that although signing the ECFA signifies improved cross-strait relations, there are still conflicts between China and Taiwan left unresolved, which is why it invited Lai to speak on the issue. This story has been viewed 81 times. |
