Along with their electricity bill from the state-owned power company, Taiwanese residents recently received a pamphlet extolling the virtues of a trade agreement with mainland China. The Economic Co-operation Framework Agreement, or Ecfa, as it is known in the elegant phraseology of trade negotiators, is the centrepiece of the Taiwanese government's drive to repair relations with Beijing. If things go to plan, an agreement could be inked by the end of the month.
最近,臺(tái)灣居民在收到公有電力公司的電費(fèi)賬單時(shí),還收到了一份小冊(cè)子,稱贊與中國大陸簽訂的一項(xiàng)貿(mào)易協(xié)議的好處。貿(mào)易談判代表優(yōu)雅地稱之為“兩岸經(jīng)濟(jì)合作框架協(xié)議”(ECFA),這是臺(tái)灣政府努力修復(fù)與北京方面關(guān)系的關(guān)鍵。如果一切按計(jì)劃進(jìn)行,該協(xié)議有望在本月底簽訂。