It may be that the pursuit of economic and trade relations is the only way to get Taiwan and mainland China onto the path toward a resolution of the cross-strait stalemate. Separate entry into the WTO by Taiwan and mainland China may be the best opportunity for the two sides to settle upon a "no unification, no independence" modus vivendi.
同樣地，李光耀台灣行的焦點議題──兩岸關係也可能得從經貿切入才能見一線曙光。面對兩岸即將分別加入世界貿易組織的前夕，也同樣是台海之間打開「不統不獨」局面的最好契機。