CHINA'S PARTICIPATION IN OECD EXPORT CREDIT TALKS

C O N F I D E N T I A L TAIPEI 004176 SIPDIS DEPT PASS TO AIT/W AND USTR DEPT FOR EAP/TC, EAP/EP, EB/IFD/OIA, AND EB/IFD/OMA TREASURY FOR OASIA MOGHTADER AND OCC AMCMAHON TREASURY ALSO PASS TO FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OF GOVERNORS, SAN FRANCISCO FRB AND NEW YORK FRB E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/14/2020 TAGS: EFIN PINR TW CH EXIM SUBJECT: CHINA'S PARTICIPATION IN OECD EXPORT CREDIT TALKS REF: STATE 187526 Classified By: AIT DIRECTOR DOUGLAS PAAL, REASON 1.5 B/D (C) Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) former OECD Unit Chief Lin Pao-lien and current OECD Unit Chief (since October 8) Huang Wen-ying provided AIT with Taiwan's take on China's Participation in the Export Credit Talks: They highly doubted that Taiwan's participation had anything to do with China's absence from the October 4 Talks. They pointed out that representatives from both China and Taiwan had participated in other recent OECD meetings without incident, and cited a shipbuilding meeting in late September as an example. They noted that while BOFT has the lead on OECD issues within the Taiwan government, because of the highly technical nature of the October 4 Talks, Taiwan was represented by Taiwan Import-Export Bank Business Department Vice Manager Liao Cheng-chong. PAAL