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WORLD NEWS Friday 15 January 2021
U.S. ambassador to U.N. and Taiwan’s president meet virtually

By EDITH M. LEDERER China’s Mission to the U.N. tant times.”
Associated Press on Twitter. “The people of Taiwan
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Her American relations with Tai- have been inspired by your
trip canceled in the final wan have warmed under action,” Tsai said. “Moving
days of the Trump admin- President Donald Trump, forward, we will keep push-
istration, U.S. Ambassador largely due to strong bipar- ing for our participation in
to the United Nations Kelly tisan support in Congress, the United Nations, and
Craft instead met virtually but also because the ad- U.N. affiliated meetings and
Wednesday night with Tai- ministration has been will- events, and I hope that the
wan’s President Tsai Ing- ing to defy Beijing’s threats United States will continue
wen and told her: “The and promote Taiwan as to support our efforts.”
United States will always an alternative to Chinese Taiwan left the United Na-
stand with Taiwan.” Communist Party authori- tions in 1971 when China
And though she’ll leave of- tarianism. joined, and Beijing has
fice with the president next U.S. Secretary of State Mike been using its diplomatic
week, Craft said she still Pompeo had said Craft’s clout to stop Taiwan from
hopes to visit the self-ruled trip would show “what a joining any organizations
island soon, calling Taiwan free China could achieve.” that require statehood for
“a beacon and a lodestar” But on Sunday, he can- membership.
for its science, technology celed all senior-level over- Craft called Taiwan “an in-
and democracy. seas travels, including his spiration for the world,” say-
The announcement last own, to assist with the tran- ing quite a number of U.N.
week that Craft would visit sition to President-elect Joe member states — which
Taiwan sparked sharp criti- Biden’s administration. she didn’t name — “should
cism from China’s govern- Tsai thanked Craft at the look at Taiwan, not for op-
ment, which considers Tai- opening of the virtual portunities to exclude it, but
wan a renegade province meeting, which The Associ- for reasons to aspire to it.”
and has stepped up threats ated Press witnessed, “for “In any context, by the
to bring the island under its the staunch support for Tai- standards of the free world,
control. In this image made from a video screen shows Taiwan’s President wan’s international partici- Taiwan is a model for de-
China quickly condemned Tsai Ing-wen, top, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations pation and for your efforts mocracy, equality for wom-
the virtual meeting, say- Kelly Craft meeting virtually on Wednesday night, Jan. 13, 2021. to deepening of the Tai- en, innovation and scien-
ing, “The United States Associated Press wan-U.S. relationship and ... tific exploration, a staunch
should understand that the one-China principle doomed to fail,” in a state- for always speaking up for defender of human rights,”
the attempt to challenge receives no support and is ment from a spokesman for Taiwan at the most impor- she said. q

U.K. fishers cry foul as Brexit red tape leaves catch rotting

By JILL LAWLESS threatened to dump rot- promised the chance for from Scotland to the EU by face new expense and red
Associated Press ting crustaceans on the the U.K. to leave the EU’s truck, has suspended ship- tape, including customs
LONDON (AP) — British government’s doorstep if complex system of fishing ments at least until Mon- declarations and border
fishing communities were the situation doesn’t im- quotas and regain control day because of delays in checks. There have been
among the strongest sup- prove within days. over who is allowed to fish getting new paperwork in shortages of some goods
porters of Brexit. But now The government insisted in British waters. order. on supermarket shelves as
some say they face ruin Thursday that the issues Fishing rights became a Jamie McMillan of Scot- firms reduce the number
because of new red tape were just “teething prob- major sticking point in the land’s Lochfyne Langous- and amount of shipments
imposed by the U.K.’s de- lems” that would soon be trade negotiations that fol- tines said “the fishing indus- they make.
parture from the European solved. lowed the U.K.’s political try has been made a fool Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Union. Many British fishermen departure from the bloc in of” by the government in has said fishing companies
One seafood firm has backed Brexit because it January 2020, as European London. will be compensated for
nations sought to retain “We can’t get our product their losses, though he has
access to waters where to the EU market because not given details.
they have fished for de- of red tape,” he said in a Environment, Food and
cades or centuries. video released on social Rural Affairs Secretary
Under a new U.K.-EU trade media. George Eustice said the
deal agreed last month, “If Scottish exporters can’t hiccups were “only teeth-
the EU’s share of the catch get their product to mar- ing problems. Once peo-
in British seas will be cut by ket next week, we will be ple get used to using the
25% over a 5 ½-year transi- at the gates of Westminster paperwork, goods will flow
tion period. After that, new and we’ll be dumping our normally.”
quotas will have to be ne- shellfish on your doorstep, But many fishermen are
gotiated. rotten,” he added. unconvinced. Their anger
At the same time, Britain’s The trade deal that took grew after Fisheries Min-
exit from the EU single mar- effect Jan. 1 allows Brit- ister Victoria Prentis said
ket means new costs and ain and the EU to trade in Wednesday that she had
red tape for exporters -- a goods without quotas or not read all of the 1,200-
major problem since Britain tariffs. But that is a far cry page trade agreement
In this Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 file photo, fishermen arrange exports most of the fish its from the seamless, hassle- when it was published on
crabs after their boat returned from a fishing trip to the harbour boats catch. free trade the U.K. enjoyed Christmas Eve, because
in Hartlepool, England. Danish company DFDS, while it was part of the EU’s she was busy “organizing
Associated Press
which transports seafood single market. Companies the local Nativity trail.” q