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First televised debate on ECFA ends in disagreement

Tuesday, 06 April 2010 08:05 Taipei Times

The first televised debate on a proposed economic framework cooperation agreement (ECFA) with China yesterday ended with the two sides still disagreeing on key issues including free trade, sovereignty and the net benefits of the agreement.

However, a poll of the audience showed more people switching to opposing the proposed pact.

President, DPP chairperson to hold debate on ECFA

Friday, 02 April 2010 08:14 Taipei Times

A highly anticipated debate between President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) is scheduled to take place before the end of this month, representatives from both sides said yesterday.

The two will square off on issues surrounding an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) that the Ma administration wants to sign with China, but which the DPP strongly opposes.

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Legislative candidate Sun Po-yu yesterday holds a banner protesting the cross-strait trade in goods agreement in Yilan County.
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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday urged China’s Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) Chairman Chen Deming (陳德銘) to be “discreet in his behavior and words” during his visit to Taiwan ahead of next month’s elections after Chen said on Thursday that sometimes a politician with a high support rating causes disaster, citing Adolf Hitler as an example.