
USTBC Intern Publishes Article on U.S.-China Trade & Ramifications for Taiwan
On May 21, 2025, GTI’s Global Taiwan Brief published an article about U.S.-China-Taiwan trade written by the US-Taiwan Business Council spring 2025 intern Annie Tseng.
On May 21, 2025, GTI’s Global Taiwan Brief published an article about U.S.-China-Taiwan trade written by the US-Taiwan Business Council spring 2025 intern Annie Tseng.
In May 2025, USTBC submitted written testimony to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Semiconductors
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 […]
The term “Mainland China” tacitly implies that Taiwan is part of Chinese territory. Analysts and journalists frequently use the term “mainland” to refer to the PRC. The term appears in most writings about Taiwan, China, and cross-Strait relations. A search yields the following definition: Mainland: A large continuous extent of land that includes the greater […]
The United States and Taiwan enjoy a robust unofficial relationship. Maintaining strong relations with Taiwan is a major U.S. goal, in line with the U.S. desire to further peace and stability in Asia. The relationship between the U.S. and Taiwan is governed by the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8), which was signed into effect […]
Both the United States and Taiwan maintain detailed trade data, showing our substantive economic ties. Taiwan is a top trading partner for the U.S., while the U.S. ranks among Taiwan’s top three trading partners. In the United States, the U.S. Census Bureau maintains updated statistics on U.S. trade in goods by country. Their trade data […]
Reminder: The United States’ “One China Policy” is NOT the Same as the PRC “One China Principle”
Should Taiwan and China join together in the future, they would unify. By definition, they can never reunify. The term reunify is problematic, because it falsely implies that Taiwan and China were once a single entity that then split. This is incorrect. The Republic of China (Taiwan) has never been a part of the People’s […]
The Taiwan President serves as the Commander-in-Chief that leads the Taiwan armed forces. The President also chairs the National Security Council, which decides national defense guidelines relevant to national security. The Executive Yuan formulates defense policy and supervises defense affairs handled by all government agencies, while the Ministry of National Defense (MND) administers national defense […]
The U.S. considers the Taiwan Strait to be international waters, not Chinese territory. The island of Taiwan is located approximately 100 miles off the east coast of China, across a body of water called the Taiwan Strait.* The Taiwan Strait is part of the South China Sea, and China has claimed the area as its […]