And when the U.S. Congress passed its package of protectionist trade bills this May, the ROC was placed in the same company with West Germany and Japan, indicating that the legislators already look on the ROC as a developed country.
五月底，美國國會通過的保護主義貿易法案，更將中華民國與西德、日本相提並論，隱隱然已將其視為已開發國家。