Taiwan Pulls Out of WTO Event Over ‘Province of China’ Label by Host Cameroon

Cameroon is scheduled to host the 14th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference beginning on March 26.

Guards raise Taiwan's national flag on the Democracy Boulevard at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on Nov. 29, 2024. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan has pulled out of a ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) scheduled for later this week in Cameroon, after the host country chose to designate the island as a “Province of China” in visa documents for members of Taiwan’s delegation.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Cameroon’s decision in a statement on March 20, calling the erroneous designation on travel documents “seriously demeaning Taiwan’s status.”