On February 8, 2023, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen conferred the Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon onto USTBC Chairman Emeritus Paul Wolfowitz
On October 5 and 6, 2020, the US-Taiwan Business Council welcomed the bilateral defense community at the 2020 Virtual US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference. We were disappointed that the attendees were unable to gather in person this year, as the face-to-face interactions at the annual conference are so important. However, we were delighted to have a […]
On May 6-9, 2019, Council President Rupert Hammond-Chambers, Vice President Lotta Danielsson, and representatives from U.S. and international defense companies traveled to Taiwan. The Council delegation and the Taiwan Defense Industry Development Association (TW-DIDA) met to discuss bilateral cooperation issues and conduct site visits with Taiwan defense contractors and local manufacturers active in the defense […]
On February 13-15, 2019, Council Chairman Michael Splinter traveled to Taiwan together with President Rupert Hammond-Chambers, members of the Council’s Board of Directors, and a large delegation of U.S. company representatives. In Taiwan, the delegation met with senior members of the Taiwan government – including with President Tsai Ing-wen. The delegation members learned more about […]
The US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference 2018 was held on October 28-30, 2018 in Annapolis, Maryland. This was the seventeenth annual event in a series of ongoing conferences addressing the future of U.S. defense cooperation with Taiwan, the defense procurement process, and Taiwan’s defense and national security needs. The conference opened with a discussion on Taiwan’s […]