UK, Taiwan clinch investment and energy pacts as minister visits Taipei

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te meets Douglas Alexander, the U.K.'s minister of state for trade policy and economic security, in Taipei on June 30. (Wang Yu Ching/Office of the President of Taiwan)
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TAIPEI -- Britain's first ministerial visit to Taiwan under the current Labour government resulted in three pacts on investment, digital trade and energy, as the two sides moved to deepen economic ties amid uncertainties over China-linked supply chains.
Douglas Alexander, the minister of state for trade policy and economic security, wrapped up a two-day trip to the island on Monday, which included a meeting with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te.

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