US-Taiwan Business Council

Organizer

US-Taiwan Business Council
Phone
(703) 465-2930
Email
council@us-taiwan.org
Website
https://www.us-taiwan.org

Location

Rosslyn City Center - 16th Floor
1700 North Moore Street, Arlington, VA 22209

Date

April 17, 2023

Time

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

2023 Roundtable with TPP Chairman Ko Wen-je

On April 17, 2023, the US-Taiwan Business Council hosted a roundtable discussion with Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman Ko Wen-je, who was leading a delegation of senior party officials on a visit to the United States.The wide-ranging roundtable discussion focused in particular on U.S.-Taiwan defense relations, as well as on technology and semiconductors. The roundtable was hosted at the USTBC headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.

Ko Wen-je is the founding Chairman of the TPP (2019). Ko was mayor of Taipei from 2014 to 2022. Before serving as Mayor of Taiwan’s capital, he was Director of the Department of Traumatology at National Taiwan University, a Professor in the School of Medicine at National Taiwan University, and a physician in the emergency department at National Taiwan University Hospital. Chairman Ko holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Clinical Medicine at National Taiwan University College of Medicine, as well as a Bachelor of Medicine from National Taiwan University.

The event was by invitation only. The Council thanks our attendees and the team from the TPP for an excellent discussion.