The EPA has sought to bring up the problem of long-range transmission of pollutants (e.g acid rain) at several recent Cross-Strait Economic and Trade Forums, but the Chinese negotiators have avoided the topic, and instead agreed only to include weather cooperation in the negotiations.
在最近幾次的「國共論壇」中，環保署曾希望把酸雨這類長程傳輸的污染問題列入討論，但大陸方面始終迴避，只願把氣象合作納入談判共識。