TAIPEI: The United States and Taiwan will sign a trade deal on Thursday, Taipei said, in a move likely to stoke tensions between Beijing and Washington over the island.
The Office of Trade Negotiations in Taipei announced that the first batch of agreements under “The US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade” will be inked in Washington at 10am local time (1400 GMT), without providing details.
Washington has remained a key ally and arms supplier to Taiwan despite switching diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979. It is also the island’s second-largest trade partner.
But Beijing detests any hint of diplomatic relations between…
