2017-01-2003:00

UNIONIZED? The company said it has a deal with the Taxi Driver Labor Union of the ROC, but a government official said it would maintain a crackdown on illegal servicesBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterUber Taiwan yesterday announced plans to launch a new service called UberTAXI next month by working with local taxi operators.However, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said the company would remain an illegal service provider and would be ordered to cease operations if it continues to hire drivers who do not hold a license to operate commercial vehicles.Uber Taiwan made the seemingly conciliatory move after amendments to the Highway Act （公路法） took effect earlier this month, raising the maximum fine for illegal taxi operators to NT$25 million （US$790,564）.Uber said that the service is a partnership with the Taxi Driver Labor Union of the Republic of China, adding that it would initially be offered in the Greater Taipei area.People could call a cab by using the Uber app and would be charged based on standard rates set by taxis operating in Taipei, Uber said.Despite its partnership with the union, the company said it has no intention to drop its UberX, UberBlack and UberAssist services, which use non-licensed drivers.“The introduction of UberTAXI shows that a sharing economy and taxis can coexist in Taiwan’s healthy, vibrant and diversified market, which benefits both drivers and passengers,” Uber Taiwan general manager Ku Li-kai （顧立楷） said. “The partnership [with the union] demonstrates Uber’s commitment to the Taiwanese market. We will continue our negotiations with government agencies and hope that the government would draft appropriate laws to regulate ride-sharing services.”Union chairman Lin Sheng-he （林聖河） said that it is looking forward to its partnership with Uber Taiwan, as the technology developed by the company can help cab drivers find more passengers and increase their income.Passengers will have another safe, reliable and quality service option, he said.Lin said that 60 to 70 percent of union members said in a survey that they were willing to be Uber drivers if there is another platform out there that matches the service requests with the taxi drivers.However, the partnership would cease if the company continues to dispatch illegal taxi drivers, he said.Taipei City Professional Drivers’ Union president Cheng Li-chia （鄭力嘉） said that Lin made a unilateral decision to work with Uber without consulting other groups.Department of Railways and Highways specialist Hu Ti-chi （胡迪琦） said that the ministry is not yet clear about the details of the partnership, but it is glad to see that Uber has decided to work with taxi operators.However, Hu added: “Even if part of Uber’s operation is legal now, we will continue cracking down on its illegal services. That is, if it continues hiring drivers who do not have a valid taxi driver’s license.”Uber will have to apply to become a legal transport service provider if it dispatches taxi drivers and charges passengers for the service, she added.Uber would not have any legal issue if it simply serves as a non-profit platform that matches taxi drivers with passengers requesting cab services, she said.However, it becomes a legal issue if Uber pays and dispatches drivers to offer services, because it is not a registered transport service operator, she said.Statistics from the Directorate General of Highways showed that as of Friday last week, Uber has been fined a total of NT$96.49 million: NT$73.25 million for the company and NT$23.24 million for its drivers.新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES







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編者按美國總統當選人川普即將上任！世界正摒息以待川普為世界帶來的變化。這位被外界視為性格強烈和易怒的美國新總統，誓言要讓美國再度偉大。他抨擊北京，揚言對中國產品課徵45%的進口稅；更表明要墨西哥出錢，建立美墨邊界的「長城」。對美國在亞洲的盟邦，他暗示要收保護費。一般認為，川普是自二次世界大戰以來首次為世界帶來不確定的美國總統，他對全球化的保留，任命的強硬閣員，都為未來的世局帶來重大變數。為此，《旺報》特別製作專題為讀者解析，川普旋風對世界局勢帶來的影響，深入討論川普就任總統後為兩岸關係帶來的衝擊。

分析川普上任後「聯俄制中」的可能性，淡江大學國際事務與戰略研究所長李大中表示，操作上不容易，中俄關係改善不僅需領導者的主觀意志，美俄仍存在結構性問題，尤其俄國希望重返昔日大國地位，而美國壓力持續存在，如在歐洲部署反飛彈系統等，美俄仍存在競爭和深層矛盾。

政大外交系副教授連弘宜表示，俄羅斯當然希望與美國合作，因為過去西方制裁下，只能倒向中國，而中國也願意伸出友誼之手；但他認為，若美俄要合作，首先要回到2014年尚無制裁的原點，友好不能只表達在口頭上，實質才是關鍵。美國需要取消對俄制裁才能掃除障礙，雙方才能開始談判。

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李大中也說，若川普有意藉俄國力量處理ISIS，勢必得在阿塞德政權存亡立場退讓，等於再度承認俄國對敘利亞的影響力，「美國這幾年都白搞了」。

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連弘宜也指出，美國短期內不太可能提供中國所能提供給俄國的，美國也沒有好到可以取代中國。中俄雙方高層都認知到，與對方維持好關係對自身有利。
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