The Canadian province of British Columbia on Tuesday opened a trade office in Taipei to enhance its relations with Taiwan, its seventh-largest trading partner.
“Having a trade office in Taiwan will open doors to new opportunities for B.C. businesses,” British Columbia Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation Brenda Bailey was quoted as saying in a statement.
“By expanding our trade relationships, and promoting B.C.’s innovative, sustainable products and services internationally, we are continuing our work to support businesses and the people who depend on them,” Bailey said.
Photo courtesy of the British Columbia Trade Office in Taipei via CNA
The British Columbia Trade and Investment Representative Office is to support the province’s businesses by giving them better access to the Taiwanese market and promoting exports, the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei said in the statement.
“The opening of B.C.’s new Trade and Investment Representative Office in Taiwan is a testament to our Indo-Pacific Strategy launched in 2022,” the statement quoted Canadian Representative Jim Nickel as saying. “This demonstrates not only Canada-Taiwan’s fast-growing economic partnership, but also the B.C. Government’s determination to support more good jobs and opportunities for both B.C. and Taiwanese communities.”
The office is the second opened by a Canadian provincial government after Alberta did so in 1988.
In related news, the European External Action Service yesterday announced that Lutz Gullner has been nominated as the EU Head of Office to Taiwan.
“I am honoured to be nominated as the Head of Office of the EU in #Taiwan. Looking very much forward to my new role,” Gullner said on social media yesterday.
“Congratulations on the well-deserved appointment,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs replied.
Taiwan is to receive the first batch of Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 jets from the US late this month, a defense official said yesterday, after a year-long delay due to a logjam in US arms deliveries. Completing the NT$247.2 billion (US$7.69 billion) arms deal for 66 jets would make Taiwan the third nation in the world to receive factory-fresh advanced fighter jets of the same make and model, following Bahrain and Slovakia, the official said on condition of anonymity. F-16 Block 70/72 are newly manufactured F-16 jets built by Lockheed Martin to the standards of the F-16V upgrade package. Republic of China
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