Envoy says Taiwan should be removed from IPR watch list

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By Jessie Ho
STAFF REPORTER , WITH AP

Minister of Economic Affairs Ho Mei-yueh (???) said yesterday that both Taiwan and the US are considering resuming trade talks and that the nation could be removed from Washington's "Special 301" priority watch list of intellectual property rights violators.

Ho was speaking after meeting a delegation of US trade repre-sentatives led by Charles Freeman, assistant US trade representative for China affairs, yesterday afternoon.

"Freeman said he was impressed by our progress on protecting copyright. He also said he would review the relevant statistics and information to see if the US authorities would officially remove Taiwan from the priority watch list," Ho said.

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