Taiwan-US Trade and Investment Networking Center will be established by end of year

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/11/05
By: Huang Tzu-ti, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan will establish a unit designated for promoting trade with the United States by the end of 2019, according to the government-sponsored Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA).

In the 2019 Indo-Pacific Business Forum, an event of the East Asia Summit that took place in Bangkok on Monday (Nov. 4), TAITRA Chairman James Huang (黃志芳) met with Under Secretary for International Trade Diane Farrell and the Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, David Bohigian. The meeting explored opportunities for the two sides to deepen cooperation on trade affairs.

To foster closer ties, TAITRA in a press release announced its plans to set up the Taiwan-US Trade and Investment Networking Center. The plan is supported by the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and tasked with servicing the business sectors of both countries.    [FULL  STORY]