Taiwan's main goal with the ECFA is to protect its manufacturers by winning tariff-free access to the Chinese market for Taiwanese goods. (The mainland market currently accounts for some 40 % of Taiwanese exports.)
因此簽署 ECFA 的最主要目的，就是讓台灣商品也取得「免稅」進入中國市場（佔台灣總出口市場 4 成）的優惠，以免廠商未戰先輸。