Yeh points out that in 1998 Taiwan had an overall trade surplus of US $ 5.9 billion, and a surplus of US $ 12.76 billion with mainland China. If not for its trade with the PRC, therefore, Taiwan would have had a trade deficit.
葉春榮指出，一九九八年台灣順差五十九億美金，對大陸有一百二十七．六億美金，如果沒有大陸，台灣外貿將出現逆差。