Taipei Times
Date: 2015-04-25
By: CNA

The annual Taiwan-US Commercial Forum will take place next week in the

Christopher J. Marut, head of AIT, speaks on Taiwan-US relations at National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu, April 22. (File photo/Chen Yu-hsien)

southern city of Kaohsiung, during which officials from the two countries will discuss bilateral commercial relations, said the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Friday, which is co-organizing the event.

The seventh Taiwan-US Commercial Forum, co-organized by AIT’s Kaohsiung branch and National Pingtung University, is slated for May 1, said the AIT, which represents US interests in Taiwan in the absence of bilateral diplomatic ties.

The goal of the forum is to address developments in US-Taiwan commercial ties and prospects for investment in Taiwan and the United States, the AIT said.     [FULL  STORY]