USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator says his current mission to Taiwan has nothing to do with current trade talks with China. Ken Isley, completing the third day of the trip, told reporters the UDSA-led Taiwan trade trip was scheduled because of Taiwan’s standing as a U.S. customer.
“It is the first agriculture trade mission to Taiwan,” Isley told reporters in a conference call from Taipei, “I would tell you it’s probably long overdue given the importance of the Taiwan market and the various connections we have with them.”
Isley characterizes the market as solid and mature, although he cites 19 percent growth in agriculture export business to Taiwan last year, with significant increases in beef and poultry.
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