Media Mention: Council President talks about Taiwan and TSMC on NTD Business
USTBC President Rupert Hammond-Chambers appears on NTD Business to talk about Taiwan semiconductors and TSMC, June 7, 2022
USTBC Comments on the “U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade”
USTBC today welcomed the new “U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade” announced by USTR, and hoped it could lead to negotiations on a U.S.-Taiwan Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA)
USTBC Responds to the Biden Administration’s New Taiwan Arms Sales Policy
The U.S. no longer supports arms sales for Taiwan outside “asymmetric” defense. USTBC worked with our colleagues at AmCham Taiwan to respond to the new Taiwan arms sales policy
USTBC Comments on the Proposed FMS of Contractor Technical Assistance for Taiwan’s Patriot Air Defense System
The US-Taiwan Business Council today welcomed the announcement of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Taiwan of Contractor Technical Assistance and related maintenance and sustainment articles and services for the Patriot Air Defense System, at an estimated cost of US$95 million.
USTBC Comments on the Proposed FMS in Support of Taiwan Participation in Patriot IESP & FSP
The US-Taiwan Business Council today welcomed the announcement of a possible Foreign Military Sale of equipment and services to support Taiwan’s participation in the Patriot International Engineering Services Program (IESP) and Field Surveillance Program (FSP) for five years, at an estimated cost of US$100 million.
USTBC Chairman Mike Splinter Meets Virtually with Taiwan Vice President William Lai
On January 29, 2022, US-Taiwan Business Council Chairman Mike Splinter and President Rupert Hammond-Chambers met virtually with Taiwan Vice President William Lai Ching-te as he transited through San Francisco. Vice President Lai was traveling home from Honduras, where he had attended the inauguration of President Xiomara Castro as a special envoy for Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.