U.S., Taiwan to launch trade talks after Biden excludes island from Indo-Pacific group

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By David Lawder and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will launch new trade talks with Taiwan, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, just days after President Joe Biden launched an economic plan for Asia intended to push back on China that excluded the Chinese-claimed island. Washington and Taipei will “move quickly to develop a roadmap” for the planned U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade in the coming weeks, which would be followed by in-person meetings in the U.S. capital later in June, two senior U.S. administration officials told reporters. The initiative would …

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