Not only did mainland China strongly pressure Taiwan through the summit with Bill Clinton, PRC Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan twice contended that Taiwan was only able to participate in APEC and the WTO as a "regional economic entity" and a "special customs zone," thus belittling the ROC's national sovereignty.
中共除了在柯江會的焦點上強烈打壓我國，在部長聯合記者會上，中共外長唐家旋更二度發言，認為台灣只能以「地區經濟體」、「單獨關稅區」加入 APEC 與 WTO，並以此貶抑我國的國家主權。