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Forecasting the Future for U.S.-Taiwan Economic Cooperation

Wed. September 4th, 2024
Live Online

New administrations in Taiwan and the United States offer an opportunity to broaden economic and technological cooperation. Washington and Taipei have struggled to agree on and sign a bilateral trade agreement, but they pursued market opening and an array of technology-related collaboration initiatives. In a virtual event on September 4, experts will cover how the U.S. and Taiwan can expand cooperation between governments, firms, and innovators.

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event speakers

Evan A. Feigenbaum

Vice President for Studies, Acting Director, Carnegie China

Evan A. Feigenbaum is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees its work in Washington, Beijing, New Delhi, and Singapore on a dynamic region encompassing both East Asia and South Asia. He served twice as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and advised two Secretaries of State and a former Treasury Secretary on Asia.

Tain-Jy Chen

Tain-Jy Chen is a professor at the Taipei School of Economics and Political Science and professor emeritus in the Department of Economics at National Taiwan University. He served as minister of the National Development Council of the Taiwan government in 2016 and 2017.

Jason Hsu

Jason Hsu is currently a visiting fellow at Hudson Institute, where he leads the Indo-Pacific Technology and Geopolitics practice. He also serves as senior advisor on policy and international partnerships at Liquid AI, Run Safe Cybersecurity, Rhombus Power, and the American Frontier Fund. From 2016 to 2020, Hsu served as legislator at-large in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, where he focused on defense, technology, trade, and foreign policy.

Erin L. Murphy

Erin L. Murphy is a senior fellow for the Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She has spent her career in several public and private sector roles, including as an analyst on Asian political and foreign policy issues at the Central Intelligence Agency, director for the Indo-Pacific at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, founder and principal of her boutique advisory firm focused on Myanmar, and an English teacher with the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program in Saga, Japan.