Taiwan wants the Australian government to resume free trade agreement talks after they were halted several times from pressure by Beijing. The Director-General of the Brisbane Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) Edward Tao told The Australian that it would be a good opportunity for the two countries, who have both suffered economic coercion from Beijing. “Like Australia, we also have experienced economic bullying from China and are fearful about what it will do,” Tao said. “Last year, they stopped our export of pineapples to the mainland.” Tao said the country, which has the same population as Australia on an island half the size of Tasmania, was the number one buyer of Australian products on a per capita basis. “Australia runs a very healthy trade surplus with Taiwan of about $9 billion and trade is set to increase over the coming years,” he said, adding that Australia is seen as …