China's Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian said at a regular
briefing that mainland authorities have had to suspend tariff concessions on
certain products under the 2010 ECFA. Zhu blamed the Democratic Progressive
Party for obstructing ECFA implementation—attacking the pact before taking
office, then failing to remove discriminatory trade restrictions, repeatedly
changing rules and erecting barriers that disrupted normal cross‑strait economic
exchange—and placed full responsibility on the DPP. She said ECFA had previously
delivered concrete benefits to Taiwanese firms, especially SMEs and agricultural
and fisheries producers.
