KMT LEGISLATOR JESSICA CHEN, who represents the party in Kinmen, recently called for the freezing of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF)’s budget over what she claims to be the failure of the body’s promotion of trade ties with China. Chu called for the freezing of 45 million NT that was to be allocated to the SEF. Since then, the KMT has stated that it would withdraw from negotiations over the...