US-Taiwan Economic Relations: Domestic and International Drivers
Economic and trade relations between the United States and Taiwan are quite robust, with Taiwan being the tenth largest goods trading partner of the United States. The United States is also Taiwan's third largest export market, and companies such as the Foxconn Technology Group continue to integrate the two economies closer to one another. At the same time, how are domestic factors in the United States and Taiwan driving the economic relationship? Likewise, how are international variables influencing U.S.-Taiwan economic relations? This conference will bring together two panels of experts to examine and discuss the domestic and international drivers of U.S.-Taiwan economic relations, and to offer perspectives on opportunities and challenges to the relationship.
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
10:00 AM - 2:30 PM
The George Washington University
Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street NW, State Room - 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20052
10:00 AM
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
PANEL I: Political Environments in the US and Taiwan for Economic Ties
• Robert Sutter, Professor of Practice of International Affairs, GWU
• Syaru Shirley Lin, Lecturer, UVA
• Joshua Meltzer, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development Program, The Brookings Institution
Moderator: Edward McCord, Professor of History and International Affairs; Director, Taiwan Education and Research Program
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
LUNCHEON
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Bryan O'Byrne, Chief of International Affairs and Trade Policy, the U.S. Small Business Administration
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
PANEL II: Trade, Investment and Services: Opportunities and Challenges
• Rupert Hammond-Chambers, President, US-Taiwan Business Council; Managing Director, Taiwan, Bower Group Asia
• Shihoko Goto, Senior Northeast Asia Associate, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
• Vincent Wang, Dean, School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of Politics, Ithaca College
Moderator: Deepa Ollapally, Associate Director of the Sigur Center; Research Professor of International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affiars, GWU.
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