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March 11, 2025 Commentary & Reports

Special Commentary: Trump, Tariffs, Taiwan & Chips

Trump, Tariffs, Taiwan & Chips March 11, 2025 Rupert Hammond-Chambers President US-Taiwan Business Council President Donald Trump has consistently spoken about the semiconductor industry’s importance to America’s future and the urgent need to broaden and deepen U.S. chip manufacturing – including high-end chips for cutting-edge applications in areas such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and quantum […]

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January 20, 2021 Commentary & Reports

Special Commentary: The US-Taiwan Business Council & U.S.-Taiwan Bilateral Relations in 2021

Special Commentary: The US-Taiwan Business Council & U.S.-Taiwan Bilateral Relations in 2021 US-Taiwan Business Council activities in 2020 were severely curtailed due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite our inability to host in-person events or to travel to Taiwan, USTBC continued to offer engagement with our members and other relationships through virtual platforms. We […]

May 8, 2017 Press Releases

USTBC Comments on a Letter from Congress to President Trump on Prioritizing an FTA with Taiwan

Press Release: Members of Congress Urge Priority Consideration for a U.S.-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement (Arlington, Virginia, May 8, 2017) In a January 23, 2017 memorandum, President Donald Trump directed the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) “to begin pursuing, wherever possible, bilateral trade negotiations” to promote American economic interests. In a letter to the […]

December 4, 2016 Articles & Editorials

Editorial: America’s Dangerous Drift on Taiwan

Editorial: America’s Dangerous Drift on Taiwan: Trump seems to understand that U.S. neglect of Taiwan has emboldened China (Arlington, Virginia, December 4, 2016) Editorial by Rupert Hammond-Chambers – The Wall Street Journal President-elect Trump’s phone conversation Friday with Taiwan’s democratically elected leader is the kind of engagement that any new U.S. president should undertake as […]