摘要：
台灣自前總統馬英九執政時即積極爭取洽簽台日雙邊貿易協定及日本支持加入TPP，但台灣自2011年起採取限制福島等五縣市食品進口的措施，引起日本不滿，並揚言將到WTO提出控訴。為爭取日本對台灣申請案的支持，2020年11月台灣「反福島食品公投」屆滿2年後，前總統蔡英文在2022年宣布放寬五縣市食品進口，日本表示歡迎，並恢復召開雙邊經濟夥伴會議，移除台日經貿關係的一大障礙。在此期間，台灣為爭取日本支持，已單方調降水產品關稅及開放日本牛肉進口，亦陸續拓展對日本出口香蕉等水果，雙邊農產品貿易金額陸續創下新高，2022年起日本成為台灣第二大農產品出口市場，2023年起成為水果出口最大市場。未來台灣申請加入CPTPP案如能獲得所有成員支持，台日將在CPTPP架構下展開降稅談判，台灣一方面有機會因日本農產品降低關稅而擴大對日本出口，另一方面因日本亦將要求台灣進一步開放農產品市場，台灣應進行詳細之影響評估分析，以爭取農業貿易的最大利益。
Taiwan and Japan have maintained close economic relations. Since former Taiwan president Ma Ing-Jeou took office in May 2008, his administration had targeted Japan for negotiating a bilateral trade agreement and seeking its support for Taiwan's bid of TPP/CPTPP membership. However, Taiwan's import restrictions on Japanese food products from Fukushima and other four prefectures since 2011 have remained obstacles and therefore when they were finally removed in 2022 under former president Tsai Ing-Wen's administration. In the meantime, agricultural trade between Taiwan and Japan had significantly increased due to Taiwan's unilateral removal of market access and tariffs for Japanese imports, Taiwan’s efforts in promoting fruits such as pineapples in Japanese market, demonstrating great potentials to enhance agricultural trade in the future when tariffs are largely reduced upon Taiwan's participation in the CPTPP.
