Taipei - Taiwan will join the United States and Japan in filing a complaint under the World Trade Organization's framework over a tariff dispute with the European Union, press reports said Friday.

Taiwan plans to pursue the WTO case to force the EU to eliminate tariffs on certain information technology (IT) products with pretrial consultations have achieved no resolution so far, according to Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA).

Taipei  - Taiwan will join the United States and Japan in filing a complaint under the World Trade Organization's framework over a tariff dispute with the European Union, press reports said Friday.

Taiwan plans to pursue the WTO case to force the EU to eliminate tariffs on certain information technology (IT) products with pretrial consultations have achieved no resolution so far, according to Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA).

Taipei- Taiwan, in another sign of improved cross-straits ties, said Thursday that it will allow more Chinese media outlets to post reporters in Taiwan.

Liu Teh-shun, spokesman for the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), said while there are already five Chinese news organizations allowed to post reporters in Taiwan, Taipei will allow five more Chinese news organizations to do so.

Taipei - Taiwan, taking advantage of the Beijing Olympic Games, will launch a month-long campaign in Beijing in August to promote Taiwan fruit, an official said Wednesday.

Taiwan's Council of Agriculture (COA) will hold a news conference at Beijing's Chateau de Luze hotel to introduce pineapple, star fruit, guava and mango, COA Director Chen Wu-hsiung told reporters.

The four fruits were chosen as "designated fruits for the August 8-24 Beijing Olympics". Taiwan will supply 10 tons of them to the Olympic athletes' village.

Taipei - Taiwan has donated 300,000 US dollars to Nicaragua to buy police uniforms to preserve its diplomatic ties with one of its few allies, the Central News Agency said Wednesday.

The donation to police chief Aminta Granera was made Tuesday by Taiwan Ambassador Wu Mu-chin in Managua. The money is to allow Nicaragua to provide uniforms for 6,000 police officers from now until 2011.

Taiwan's total donations to the Nicaraguan police force was now 3 million US dollars, the news agency quoted Granera as saying.

Taipei - Taiwan plans to lure foreign and mainland Chinese professionals with permanent residence permits and three-year work visas, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

Cabinet councilor Chu Yun-peng said Tuesday that the measure will be introduced on August 1, according to the United Daily News.

Chu did not say what type of foreign professionals can apply for the residency and visas.

The paper quoted an unnamed Cabinet official as saying that Taiwan is mulling granting permanent residence to mainland Chinese professionals, especially those in research and development, finance and creative fields.

Taiwan has been considering offering incentives to attract foreign professionals for several years.