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Airlines and unions1 split on trade pact2
Tue, Oct 08, 2013
By Chris Wang / Staff reporter
| Aviation industry representatives were divided on the cross-strait3 service trade agreement at a public hearing yesterday, with airlines welcoming market liberalization4 while airport operators and unions expressed concerns about increased competition. The hearing at the Legislative Yuan, was the 7th of 16 hearings scheduled in the current legislative session, which aim to gather businesspeople from various sectors to discuss the pact, which is to be assessed and voted on by lawmakers5. The discussions covered a wide range of industry sub-sectors, including cargo, airline services and sales, and airport services. Airlines such as EVA Air and China Airlines urged the government to speed up ratification6 of the pact. "Taiwan should leverage7 China's huge market and Taiwan's proximity8 to China," 廖至維, an EVA Air representative said. Liberalization of air transport operations is expected to benefit local tourism, they said. However, 姚光祖, secretary-general9 of the 桃園 County Trade Union, said workers were concerned because past liberalization had created fierce competition and resulted in lower wages. 陳國勳 of the 桃園 International Airport Service Trade Union and 黃淑惠, representing the national drivers union, urged the government to protect local jobs. Mainland Affairs Council10 Deputy11 Minister 林祖嘉 pledged12 that only Chinese investment would be allowed, while restrictions13 on Chinese workers would remain. |
1 union: 工會 2 pact: 條約、協議 3 cross-strait: 兩岸 4 liberalization: 自由化 5 lawmaker: 立法委員 6 ratification: 批准、承認 7 leverage: 槓桿；充分利用 8 proximity: 接近、鄰近 9 secretary-general: 秘書長 10 Mainland Affairs Council: 陸委會 11 deputy: 副 12 pledged: 應諾 13 restrictions: 限制 |
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