But Taiwan cannot wait for China to show goodwill. "There's a part of this we have to take care of ourselves," says CIER's Liu Meng-chun. "We have to first put forth some serious effort of our own." Liu suggests that Taiwan could first establish its own island-wide free-trade zone, then invite other nations to make use of it, unilaterally offering FTAs.
不過，「台灣不能空等對岸的善意，有些部分操之在我，必須先自己努力，」中經院劉孟俊指出，縱使台灣沒有辦法一舉加入東協或與各國簽訂 FTA，也可以先用「全島自由貿易區」的方式，片面提供 FTA，並歡迎各國多多利用，藉此創造國際對談的空間與效果。