Taipei prüft Beziehungen zu Seoul nach „falscher“ Bezeichnung

Taiwan plans to review its relations with South Korea, especially its huge bilateral trade deficit, as Seoul has yet to correct its reference to Taiwan as being a part of China on its newly launched e-Arrival card system despite protests from Taipei.

„We reiterated our call in asking Korea to swiftly amend the error, and at the same time we will conduct a full review of our bilateral relationship,“ said Richard Liu (劉昆豪), deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘ (MOFA) Department of East Asia and Pacific Affairs, on Tuesday at a press conference.

He said MOFA has taken note that there is a huge trade deficit between the two countries, showing that two-way ties are not on an equal footing, without elaborating.

He was referring to the fact that in 2024, Taiwan’s trade deficit with South Korea rose to US$22.9 billion, the largest trade deficit Taiwan had with any country in the world, due mostly to large net imports of integrated circuits.