Digital Trade, Supply Chains, and Economic Security: Perspectives from Taipei and Washington
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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
- Chun-Hsien, Yeh: CIER President Professor
- Erin Murphy: CSIS
Keynote Address
- 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
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
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
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CC Chen, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs
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Jack C. Chang, Senior Strategy Executive Director, Sustainability, Industry, Science and Technology International Strategy Center, ITRI
Moderator:
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Dr. Huai-Shing Yen, Deputy Executive Director, Taiwan WTO & RTA Center, CIER
Lunch
Panel Three: Responding to Economic Coercion
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
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Jyun-yi Lee, Associate Research Fellow, Institute for National Defense and Security Research
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Yang, Ming-Min, Assistant Research Fellow, CIER, Assistant Research Fellow, CIER
Moderator:
- Dr. Bonny Lin, CSIS
Wrap-Up and Concluding Remarks
- Dr. Huai-Shing Yen, Deputy Executive Director, Taiwan WTO & RTA Center, CIER
- Erin Murphy, CSIS