MANUFACTURING: The event is to focus on exchanges between manufacturers at a technical level, with talks between Taiwan and US officials a secondary focus
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 10, 2018
By: Lo Tien-pin and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference is to be held in Taiwan for the first time, a
A mobile Tien Chien II medium-range missile launcher is displayed at Taipei Aerospace and Defense Technology Exhibition at the Taipei World Trade Center on August 17, 2017. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times
senior official involved in the conference said, adding that as a result of the US’ Taiwan Travel Act — which is yet to be passed — that would remove restrictions on visits by high-level US officials, the likelihood of important US government officials attending is very high.
The conference was first held in 2002 and had always been hosted in the US. The event, cohosted by the US-Taiwan Business Council and the Taiwan Defense Industry Development Association, is scheduled for May and is expected to span five days.
Which level of US government officials would attend and whether meetings with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and Minister of National Defense Feng Shih-kuan (馮世寬) would be arranged has not been decided, the source said. [FULL STORY]
