【感謝歐洲議會通過報告案 積極推動台歐盟投資協定】
外交部感謝 #歐洲議會 通過「新冠肺炎疫情的貿易面向及其影響」報告,這份報告促請歐盟執委會積極推動台歐盟雙邊投資協定,這也是歐洲議會此次會期第5度通過與台灣相關的決議與報告!
重點有兩個:
🔹與 #台灣半導體 產業展開對話
報告呼籲執委會徹底檢視並避免相關新興科技落入極權國家(真的很重要),並且與 #理念相近夥伴 就供應鏈合作展開對話,其中特別要求與 台灣半導體產業對話。
🔹加快腳步推動台灣歐盟雙邊投資協定
呼籲執委會實質強化與台灣的投資貿易關係,重申台歐雙邊對話的重要性,包括在 #多邊主義、#WTO議題、#公衛 及 #半導體供應鏈合作 等議題。
外交部對歐洲議會再度以具體行動展現對台灣的強烈支持,表達高度歡迎與誠摯感謝。
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MOFA would like to thank the European Parliament for the #Taiwan-friendly language used in the recently adopted resolution on trade-related aspects and implications of #COVID19.
The resolution calls on the European Commission to engage in dialogue on semiconductors with Taiwan, as one of a range of measures aimed at limiting technology transfers from the #EU to authoritarian states. It also urges the commission to move forward with an investment agreement with Taiwan.
This is the 5th time the Ninth European Parliament has adopted a resolution or report supporting investment agreement talks with Taiwan.
Taiwan’s strategic role in the #ICT and #semiconductor global supply chains has only increased in importance since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. MOFA hopes that in the #PostPandemicEra, Taiwan can work in partnership with the EU on the global supply chains surrounding semiconductors, 5G and green energy.
You can read the adopted text here: https://bit.ly/2UwLcPc
role of wto 在 林昶佐 Freddy Lim Facebook 的最佳貼文
【台美日共同守護印太安全】
美國、日本、台灣三國智庫共同主辦「2020台美日三邊印太安全對話」,包括蔡英文總統、美國前國務院助卿坎博(Kurt Campbell)、前國防部印太安全助理部長薛瑞福(Randall Schriver)、日本前駐美大使佐佐木賢一郎等重要人士都與會。
我也參與三國國會議員的對談,與羅致政委員、陳以信委員、美國聯邦眾議員貝拉(Ami Bera)以及日本眾議員鈴木馨祐,交流2020後的印太及台海情勢與願景。
結果準備厚厚一疊的英文講稿幾乎沒派上用場,講太HIGH不小心就脫稿演出....。無論如何還是提供原本的講稿跟大家參詳,一起來練習英文吧:
2020 Taiwan-US-Japan Trilateral Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue
Hello moderator, fellow panelists, I am Taiwan legislator Freddy Lim.
This year, due to the pandemic, we can only conduct this panel online. I’m still very glad to be invited to attend this event and exchange ideas with these great panelists. Here I want to share my views on today’s main topic: “Challenges and Opportunities in the Indo-Pacific Region and the Taiwan Strait in 2020 & Beyond”.
First I want to start with the conventional positioning of Taiwan under the established international order.
After WWII, the international order led by the allies dragged Taiwan into China’s civil war. Since then, Taiwan's been struggling with the “One China” dispute, unable to gain independence and world recognition like many other colonies.
Even though Taiwanese people have built an independent and democratic country after half a century of hard work, now we enjoy freedom and human rights, the international community still isolates Taiwan. One of the main reasons is obviously China.
The established international community viewed China as a huge economic opportunity, a partner that would eventually carry out political reforms and be integrated into modern international order. Under this conventional thinking, the international community is willing to help China ease and suppress many of its unpleasant problems, including the thorny "Democratic Taiwan."
This has reduced Taiwan to merely China’s “Taiwan Problem”. We’re even slandered as the “troublemaker” of the Taiwan Strait; As a result, the respect that Taiwan deserves continues to be shelved, and the active role we can play, the contributions we can make in the international community are also ignored.
However, this established international structure is now changing.
After decades of appeasement policy, and acquiring WTO membership in 2001, China’s various structural changes that the world anticipated have never taken place. On the contrary, China’s been using organized measures, such as bribing, infiltration, and hybrid-warfare, to undermine international norms. It’s worked hard to manipulate and control international organizations, in order to project its influence onto the world. These actions have been even more distinct after Xi Jinping became President of China in 2012.
Internationally, China implemented debt-trap diplomacy on many countries through the Belt and Road Initiative. It established Confucius Institutes around the world, which are basically intelligence operations in the name of culture. Chinese tech giant, Huawei also aids China’s international surveillance. Not to mention China’s relentless expansion in the South China Sea, building military bases, creating man-made islands. This year, it’s even more serious. We witnessed the long time Chinese infiltration into UN organizations. The favoritism towards China helped its cover-up, which led to the dysfunction of WHO, ultimately causing the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Domestically, the Chinese government not only failed to implement any political reforms, but it also created the “Social Credit” system with advanced technology, to surveil and control its own people; In addition, the Chinese government built the notorious “Reeducation Camps” - concentration camps in reality, in Tibet, Xingjian, where human rights conditions were already in a bad shape. Even the Hong Kong people, who were supposed to be protected by the promise of “One Country, Two Systems”, their freedom and human rights were completely destroyed by the Chinese government.
These compelling examples show that there is some serious fallacy in the conventional way of viewing China. All facts point to this: Taiwan is not the problem. China is the problem. China is the troublemaker of the Taiwan Strait. It’s the troublemaker of the Indo-Pacific region. It’s even the troublemaker of the entire world.
Under decades of collective misjudgement, China was allowed to become the most terrifying, largest digital authoritarian government in human history. It’s a new form of dictatorship. As a response, many countries have vastly changed their China policy in recent years, thus the change of international structure.
This brings me to my next point: Give Taiwan the status it deserves. Let us contribute to the international society.
In a new international structure, Taiwan shouldn’t be categorized as “China’s Taiwan Problem”. Instead, we should be one of the key countries for international cooperation, responding to the new type of dictatorship.
Taiwan has faced authoritarian China on the front line for decades. Many countries are now facing the problem of China's infiltration under its United Front programs. Taiwan started dealing with the same problems 10 to 20 years ago. We have gained a lot of experience to contribute to the international community.
Taking the COVID pandemic as an example, Taiwan has studied and analyzed the actual situation and the information provided by the Chinese government with a serious and high-vigilance attitude. Based on our experience and lessons learned from the China SARS epidemic in 2001, we decisively formed a series of epidemic preventive measures. We have handled the crisis with the principle of openness and transparency. Our people have been self-disciplined and willing to cooperate. All of this demonstrates the high level of democracy in Taiwan’s society.
After the domestic epidemic was brought under control, Taiwan has continued to share our epidemic prevention supplies and the experiences on forming epidemic prevention policies with the world.
Although Taiwan was suppressed, even excluded by China in various international organizations in the past, we’ve been doing our best to comply with the norms & regulations of international organizations. We always actively contribute every time we have the opportunity. What I want to say is, all of this proves Taiwan could be a reliable partner in the international community. We are capable of working with other countries to solve major problems. We deserve our seats and participation in international organizations.
Regarding the impact of U.S. change of administration.
Now the U. S. presidential election is over and the administration is currently under transition. Many countries, including Taiwan, are concerned about whether the new U.S. government will change its course on foreign policy, especially its China policy. However, the "Rebalance (of Asia-Pacific Region)" proposed by the Obama administration in 2011, was in fact already a strategic adjustment in response to the rise of China and possible subsequent expansion.
The Trump administration further proposed the Indo-Pacific strategy in 2017 to promote and uphold international law and regulations, aiming to ensure every country has the liberty to be free from oppression and coercion. I believe that both parties in the U.S. understand the root cause of the Indo-Pacific regional problem comes from the Chinese government. Even for the Biden administration, it will have to provide practical responses. Facing the new structure, they can’t just go back to the traditional thinking of the last century.
As for Taiwan, the pro-Taiwan acts in the U.S., such as the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018, Taiwan Travel Act, Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement, were passed with strong consensus between the Republicans and the Democrats. I believe Taiwan could be a key partner to the international community and play an active role in the free world. This isn’t just the consensus of the two parties in the U.S., but will be the consensus of all democratic countries.
In a progressive aspect, the International community can benefit from a wider recognition of Taiwan.
In recent years, the performance of Taiwanese society in terms of epidemic prevention performance, human rights, gender equality, marriage equality, and open government are actually in line with many progressive ideas and visions. The ideas and visions that many democratic countries have long supported. Therefore, I’m quite optimistic that, after 2020, Taiwan can make even greater progress, on multiple levels and in broader aspects, contributing to the international community.
Finally, I want to emphasize again that to truly resolve regional problems, we need dynamic multilateral cooperation. But this must not be a return to the conventional thinking of the past century, which was "expecting" China to abide by the international order. The outdated thinking had been proved to be a failure. Otherwise there wouldn’t be a series of Chinese infiltration and aggression after its rise in recent years, which became one of the most difficult issues in the world. I believe after 2020, U.S., Japan, and Taiwan can establish a new model of international cooperation through deeper collaboration and communication. And hopefully, this model will maximize the security of the Indo-Pacific region and promote peace, stability and development in the region.
This concludes my speech, thank you all for listening.
Lastly, I’d like to express my gratitude to the moderators, my fellow panelists, and the organizers of this event.
I wish everyone peace and good health. Thank you.
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【政策簡單說】WTO成立25年 女力rise and shine🏃♀🔝🌟
掌聲響起👏 世界貿易組織歡慶25歲生日的此刻,將選出首位女秘書長🎉
WTO盤點25年來致力促進國際貿易的傑出女性,其中包括在美國小布希前總統任內,呼籲儘速與臺灣展開自由貿易協定談判的美國前貿易代表史瓦布(Susan Schwab)
女性賦權在臺灣參與的兩大國際經濟組織皆獲得高度重視👭🌟
WTO於9月成立「貿易與性別非正式工作小組」。10月的APEC中小企業部長會議聲明,肯定以女性為主體的微中小型企業於帶動疫後經濟社會復甦的影響力‼
為幫助女性“創”出一片天,中小企業處在APEC積極推動女性相關議題,並獲多經濟體熱烈響應 \\٩( 'ω' )و //
🔎參考資料:
APEC女性新創企業工作坊活動報導
https://reurl.cc/gmEX24
🔎圖片來源:
WTO25女性先鋒
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGha4quAXaE/
The Word Trade Organization (WTO) is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and is expecting its very first female director-general. WTO highlights the Women Pioneers in facilitating international trade in past 25 years, including Susan Schwab, who called for the negotiation for the Taiwan-US FTA as the United States Trade Representative under George W. Bush Administration.
Woman Empowerment is heavily addressed in two international economic organizations we participate in. WTO established an Informal Working Group on Trade and Gender in September.
The APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministers Joint Statement in October recognizes the role of women-owned MSMEs in driving the economic and social recovery in the New Normal.
To elevate women entrepreneurs’ capacity in the international stage, SMEA has proposed and implemented related initiatives and earned support from other economies in APEC \\\٩( 'ω' )و ////
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