Taiwan’s manufacturing strengths, in combination with the US’ technological expertise, could bolster the nations’ trade resilience by enhancing supply chain resilience and tapping into emerging markets, American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Raymond Greene said yesterday.
Industrial development should prioritize security, resilience and trust, highlighting Taiwan’s growing importance in global supply chains, Greene said at the Taiwan International Machine Tool Show.
As digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI) reshape product design and manufacturing, Taiwan’s expanding industrial base and deepening trade ties have elevated its global role, he said.
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Taiwan has become the US’ fourth-largest trading partner, with future cooperation focusing on advanced manufacturing, AI, robotics, defense supply chains, aerospace engineering and broader regional collaboration, Greene said.
He urged Taiwanese companies to invest in AI, drones and other emerging technologies in the US market.
Separately, Taiwan is taking decisive action against China’s military, information and economic pressure, and hopes to work with like-minded partners to promote global AI infrastructure, and protect global prosperity and freedom through advanced technology, Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) said in a prerecorded video played at the Hill and Valley Forum in Washington.
Energy, information and communications resilience are considered vital pillars of national defense under President William Lai’s (賴清德) Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience concept, she said.
Private innovation and the localization of the production of national defense equipment would ensure that the policy is implemented rather than remaining a vision, Hsiao said.
Taiwan-US collaboration on drones was a game changer for bilateral relations, turning a buyer-seller relationship into a national defense industrial partnership, she said.
The Industrial Technology Research Institute has become the first non-US institute to join the Green UAS defense logistics program under the US Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International, showing that Taiwan’s industrial sector is ready, she said.
Private corporations in Taiwan have issued the first set of information security standards — SEMI E187 — for machinery used to manufacture semiconductors, Hsiao added.
Through initiatives such as the “Ten Major AI Infrastructure Projects,” Taiwan aims to expand AI applications beyond data centers into deployable systems and enhance integration with US-led supply chains, she said.
Taiwan and the US are not competitors, but partners in the global innovation ecosystem, working together to drive the next wave of technological development, and ensure global prosperity and freedom, she said.
Additional reporting by CNA
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