China sends warplanes near Taiwan as both move to join Pacific trade deal.
is an"arch criminal" intent on bullying Taiwan and has no right to oppose or comment on its bid to join a pan-Pacific trade pact, Taiwan's government said in an escalating war of words over Taipei and Beijing's decision to apply., said on Wednesday it had formally applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, less than a week after China submitted its application.
"The Chinese government only wants to bully Taiwan in the international community, and is the arch criminal in increased hostility across the Taiwan Strait," it said.China is not a member of the trade pact and its trade system has been widely questioned globally for not meeting the high standards of the bloc, the ministry added."This pattern of behavior could only come from China," it said.
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