Furthermore, since the early 1980s, a "regional economy" has gradually taken shape, and today Taiwan's intra-regional trade with the various countries of East Asia (including mainland China, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand--11 countries in all) accounts for more than half its total external trade.
再說，八○年代開始，區域經濟逐漸成形，目前台灣與東亞各國（包括中國大陸、日、韓、東南亞及紐、澳等共計十一國）的「區域內貿易」，已超過台灣對外貿易總額的一半。