Taiwan to Woo Backers at APEC for Bid to Join Pacific Trade Pact

Taiwan to Woo Backers at APEC for Bid to Join Pacific Trade Pact
Nan Shan Plaza (L) and Taiwan's landmark building Taipei 101 are pictured through the window of an airplane, in Taipei on Aug. 19, 2018. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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TAIPEI—Taiwan will seek support for its bid to join a trans-Pacific trade pact when it attends a meeting of economic leaders of the Asia–Pacific group APEC next week, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday.

China, which has also applied to join the pact, opposes Taiwan’s membership and has increased military activities near the island which Beijing claims and has not ruled out taking by force.