Source: China – South China Morning PostTaipei is hopeful trade talks with the European Union will get underway next year when France takes over the bloc’s presidency.Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen told visiting French lawmakers on Thursday that she hoped for progress on the talks, and that democracies must “work together” in the face of authoritarianism.Taiwan has been keen to boost its ties with other Western democracies as it faces rising military and diplomatic pressure from Beijing to accept its sovereignty over the self-ruled…Read More