APEC as a Regime for Taiwan`s Interdependence with the United States and Mainland China

Abstract

In this paper, it will be argued that Taiwan`s interdependence with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)forum will be consolidated only if it can strike a balance between political and economic relations with the United States and mainland China. The economic development of Taiwan provides a material base for its cooperation with APEC. To utilize its economic strength in a regional setting, it must maintain the seesaw balance of its relations with Washington and Beijing in a way that will not hamper its striving for internationalization. This paper, therefore, details to what extent that it has achieved the balance.