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Digital Trade, Supply Chains, and Economic Security: Perspectives from Taipei and Washington

October 19, 2023 • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT

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The conference will take place at the Regent Taipei on October 19, 2023 from 8:30am-4:00pm CST in Taipei.

Please join us in-person or virtually for a conference on “Digital Trade, Supply Chains, and Economic Security: Perspectives from Taipei and Washington” co-hosted by the Chung-hua Institution for Economic Research and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. This conference brings together officials, policymakers, and experts to discuss issues important to both the U.S. and Taiwan.

Economic security has begun to take on more important in bilateral discussions between the two economics. Experts, scholars, and officials will join us for a timely discussion on issues critical to U.S.-Taiwan relations, including the new frontiers trade and the digital economy, building resilient supply chains, and preparing for and guarding against economic coercion.

This conference is made possible by the generous support of Coupang, Inc., International Trade Administration, MOEA, and MOFA.

Agenda (All times are in China Standard Time UTC +8)

Welcoming Remarks

9:00 am
  • Chun-Hsien, Yeh: CIER President Professor
  • Erin Murphy: CSIS

Keynote Address

9:20 am
  • Deputy Minister Huai-jen Lee, Ministry of Digital Affairs

Panel 1: Enhancing the Digital Economy: Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade

10:00 am

Key questions: How can Taiwan and the US work closer through the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade or IPEF on digital and other trade issues? What are the prospects for digital cooperation through IPEF?

 

Panelists:

 

  • Dr. Amy Searight
  • Ambassador Derek Mitchell
  • Jen-Ni Yang, Deputy Trade Representative, Office of Trade Negotiations
  • Blake C.Y. Wang, Professor, Department of Law, National Taipei University

 

Moderator:

  • Erin Murphy, CSIS

Panel 2: Diversifying and Building Resilient Supply Chains

11:30 am

Key questions: How can Taiwan contribute to the global supply chain? What is its role? Does it have a role to support the IPEF supply chain agreement despite not being a signatory?

 

Panelists:

  • Patrick Wilson, MediaTek
  • ST Liew, VP and President of Qualcomm Taiwan & SEA, Qualcomm, Taiwan

  • CC Chen, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs

  • Jack C. Chang, Senior Strategy Executive Director, Sustainability, Industry, Science and Technology International Strategy Center, ITRI

 

Moderator:

  • Dr. Huai-Shing Yen, Deputy Executive Director, Taiwan WTO & RTA Center, CIER

Lunch

1:00 pm

Panel Three: Responding to Economic Coercion

2:00 pm

Key questions: What tools do allies and partners have to deter economic coercion from the PRC? How can like-minded countries work together to alleviate the effects of economic coercion? What forms of coercion do we see most prominently exercised by China?

 

Panelists:

  • Matthew Reynolds, CSIS
  • Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Axios

  • Jyun-yi Lee, Associate Research Fellow, Institute for National Defense and Security Research

  • Yang, Ming-Min, Assistant Research Fellow, CIER, Assistant Research Fellow, CIER

 

Moderator: 

  • Dr. Bonny Lin, CSIS

Wrap-Up and Concluding Remarks

3:30 pm
  • Dr. Huai-Shing Yen, Deputy Executive Director, Taiwan WTO & RTA Center, CIER
  • Erin Murphy, CSIS

Tags

China, Asia, Trade and International Business, Asian Economics, and Economics

Hosted By

Matthew Reynolds

Matthew Reynolds

Former Fellow, Economics Program
Bonny Lin

Bonny Lin

Director, China Power Project and Senior Fellow, Asian Security

Chun-Hsien Yeh

CIER President Professor
Amy Searight

Amy Searight

Former Senior Associate (Non-resident) for Asia

Ambassador Derek Mitchell

Jen-Ni Yang

Deputy Trade Representative, Office of Trade Negotiations,

Dr. Huai-Shing Yen

Deputy Executive Director, Taiwan WTO & RTA Center, CIER

Jack C. Chang

Senior Strategy Executive Director, Sustainability, Industry, Science and Technology International Strategy Center, ITRI

Jyun-yi Lee

Associate Research Fellow, Institute for National Defense and Security Research

Yang Ming-Min

Assistant Research Fellow, CIER

ST Liew

VP and President of Qualcomm Taiwan & SEA, Qualcomm, Taiwan

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