CHINA'S PARTICIPATION IN OECD EXPORT CREDIT TALKS

C O N F I D E N T I A L TAIPEI 004176

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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