Trade ties with China likely first key obstacle for new Taiwan leader
Taipei
TAIWAN's new ruling party is set for an early clash with China over the first major item on its legislative agenda: a bill that could paralyse trade between the two rivals and which Beijing has already condemned.
The proposed "supervision law" has not only angered China, which views self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province, but sent shivers through the island's business community which thinks the government should put the economy before politics.
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