Earlier, in 1989, the two sides had signed a trade agreement, and the following year Taiwan opened a trade office in the PNG capital of Port Moresby. Taiwan has also sent an agricultural aid mission as well as emergency assistance in several cases of earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
兩國也早在一九八九年就已訂定雙邊貿易關係協定，次年我在其首都摩爾斯貝港設立商務代表處，並派遣農技團赴巴紐協助推廣稻作，還曾多次在該國發生強烈地震與火山災難時賑濟該國。