President Ma Ying-jeou has repeatedly stated that China and Taiwan need to sign the ECFA so that Taiwan can participate in regional integration and establish FTAs with its major trading partners.
馬英九總統也多次表示，兩岸之所以必須簽署 ECFA，是希望能藉此加入區域整合，跟主要貿易夥伴簽署自由貿易協定（FTA）。