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Published Date: 2019-08-15
President Tsai
Ing-wen says that Taiwan’s exports to the United States grew by nearly 20% in
the first half of the year. Tsai was speaking Thursday while meeting with
Michael Splinter, the head of the US-Taiwan Business Council.
Tsai said that
growing industrial cooperation between the countries led many leading US
businesses to set up research and development or innovation centers in Taiwan.
“Taiwan is taking advantage of the opportunity to actively promote
industrial transformation. In the meantime, we also encourage Taiwanese
businesses [based in China] to invest either in Taiwan or the United States and
ASEAN member countries. [We] will help industries cope with economic changes
and come up with several options for diversifying their [international] spread.
From January to June this year, Taiwan’s exports to the United States grew by
nearly 20%, especially in the areas of the information and telecommunications
industries. We look forward to more cooperation and exchanges in all fields
between Taiwan and the United States," said Tsai.
Tsai also said the
US-Taiwan Business Council has helped convey Taiwan’s determination to start
trade talks with the United States to Washington.