200 bills drafted by the forum enter into law each year
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/10/26
By: Ryan Drillsma, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — At an annual meeting on Oct. 23, The American Legislative
U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta at ALEC (By Wikimedia Commons)
Exchange Council (ALEC) passed a resolution in support of the Taiwan Travel Act, calling on the U.S. executive branch to strengthen ties with Taiwan.
The resolution is to be distributed to U.S. governors, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs to amass support for its contents. It will also be delivered to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the U.S.
ALEC is an organization of state legislators and private sector representatives wherein collaborative model bills are drafted on a wide range of issues.
The forum is influential, but it does not produce bills that automatically bind the executive branch. Due to this, diplomats have recommended caution in moving forward, with consideration that the Taiwan Travel Act might not pass. [FULL STORY]
