Strait Dealing News of the violent suppression of the pro-democracy movement on mainland China reached Taipei on June 4. On June 6 the ROC Ministry of Economic Affairs announced that it was considering cancelling a trip to Peking in September for the annual meeting of the World Trade Council and that it would adopt a reserved attitude to local businessmen planning to attend meetings and trade shows on the mainland.
六月四日，中共以武力鎮壓民主運動的消息傳到台北；六月六日，經濟部發言人王建表示，經濟部考慮取消九月份北平世貿年會之行，對於業者赴大陸參展、開會，經濟部也將採行保留態度。