Covid response put it on the map
Covid reponse allowed it to avert a shutdown of the economy, grow 2% when almost everyone else contracted
4% growth projected for next year
US-Taiwan relations stronger than ever
Even Europeans demonstrating more fortitude, and many parliamentarians pledged to visit once pandemic is over
Investment pouring in stark amounts for the first time this millennia
Pandemic stoked worldwide demand for computer hardware, Taiwan’s bread and butter
CPTPP and free trade agreement with the US on the table
Trade and investment bottleneck finally broken.
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Gain
December 31, 2020, 12:31pm
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Lol their virtue signals mean jackshit. Taiwan still hasn’t been included on their safe country list after 6 months.
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OysterOmelet:
Those things depend on reciprocity. Taiwan’s not letting them in.
UK does not require quarantine from Taiwan. EU sucks.
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jdsmith
December 31, 2020, 3:50pm
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Gain:
Reciprocity is a lie.
Only if the identified reciprocity was malicious in nature.
Most of EU don’t require(all?) quarantine irrespective where you come from.
They recommend/ask quarantine but if you don’t feel like it you don’t need to do it
The main point is the EU will send parliamentarians over when it’s done. Nobody cares about their quarantine rules because why would anybody from Taiwan want to go there right now.
Gain
December 31, 2020, 4:11pm
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No one would be stupid enough to go there but it’s about the kimochi. To quote Victoria Nuland, fuck the EU.