The China Post
Date: June 17, 2016
By: Yuan-Ming Chiao
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Premier Lin Chuan (林全) received a U.S. delegation at the Executive Yuan
Premier Lin Chuan, right, welcomes Matthew J. Matthews, the deputy assistant secretary and senior official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) of the U.S. State Department, at the Executive Yuan in Taipei on Thursday, June 16.(Yuan-Ming Chiao, The China Post)
Tuesday and expressed the government’s resolve to end nuclear power and cut carbon emissions to combat climate change during the meeting.
These goals formed the first prong of the government’s energy policy, with the second one comprising renewable energy, Lin told the delegation, which was led by Matthew J. Matthews, deputy assistant secretary and senior official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) of the U.S. State Department.
Matthews, who is in Taiwan to attend the Global Cooperation Training Framework (GCTF) conference on energy efficiency, said the issue was of critical global importance. The two day conference jointly organized by Taiwan and the U.S. also includes invited speakers from Australia, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, the Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka.
Both countries have valuable public and private expertise that could be shared on the matter, he said. [FULL STORY]
