Albanese says Australia is unlikely to support Taiwan's push to join Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipPrime Minister Anthony Albanese has suggested Australia is very unlikely to support Taiwan's push to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in a move which is likely to deeply disappoint Taipei.Key points:- Taiwan and China have been pressing to join the CPTPP which takes in 11 countries around the Pacific- Anthony Albanese says the agreement is only for nation-states- The ABC understands Taiwanese officials are unhappy with the prime minister's commentsThe regional trade pact takes in 11 countries around the Pacific, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Japan.Benjamin Herscovitch from the Australian National University said that while all CPTPP members to date have been internationally recognised sovereign states, there was "no reason why Taiwan couldn't become a CPTPP member.""Mr Albanese doesn't seem to know or understand that Taiwan participates in the World Trade Organization as a full member, equal to any other," he said."This is a global embarrassment and looks like he has traded a meeting with a dictator for supporting a vibrant Asian democracy join a vital geo-economic institution."