Taiwan offers Eswatini tools to counter trade pressure
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Times of Eswatini
Luo Wen-jia, secretary-general of Taiwan’s Straits Exchange Foundation, says Eswatini can learn from Taiwan’s experience in identifying trade pressures and supply chain disruptions. The organisation draws on its links with businesses and trade associations to detect these risks, he told the Times of Eswatini.
Taiwan is proposing that Eswatini draw on its experience to identify and limit trade pressures that could disrupt trade and supply chains. Luo Wen-jia, secretary-general of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), a semi-official Taiwanese organisation, set out these ideas after an international journalists’ delegation visited Taipei, the Times of Eswatini reports.
The SEF uses its direct contacts with businesses and regular meetings with business leaders and trade associations to detect changes in orders, supply chain disruptions and market developments. It also connects businesses seeking to diversify their operations with Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and Taiwanese business networks in the region.
Eswatini trades with Taiwan. Eswatini’s sugar, citrus fruit and beef have preferential, duty-free access to the Taiwanese market. Taiwan exports industrial machinery, textiles and technology products to the kingdom, among other goods, and runs a trade surplus in this exchange.
The proposal comes amid cooperation between the two partners. Taiwan had, in particular, praised the diplomatic support of the King of Eswatini, according to a post dated 11 October 2026.
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