CEPD chairman Chiang Ping-kun, representing Taiwan at the APEC forum, responded that the "special state-to-state relationship" was a realistic description of the current situation. "We cannot retract a situation," he said, noting that like Clinton and Jiang, President Lee also seeks dialogue, in the hope of accomplishing peaceful unification within a system of democracy, freedom and equal prosperity.
代表我國與會的經建會主委江丙坤則回應，我國絕非麻煩製造者，「特殊國與國關係」是現況的陳述，「現況不能收回」，他說，在柯江會中，柯江都主張交流與對話，而李總統的目的也是為了對話，希望在民主、自由與均富的制度之下，進行和平統一大計。