AmCHam Big Idea: Establishing a sovereign wealth fund in Taiwan Could Taiwan President Tsai Ing Wen be the leader that stands up to the Central Bank of Taiwan and finally establishes a Taiwan Sovereign Wealth Fund. With nearly 500 billion US dollars in foreign reserves Taiwan could quickly become a major SWF. Three asset management…
Read MoreTaiwan’s Covid-19 Technology Dividend Interviews with Taiwan Digital Minister Audrey Tang 唐鳳, and with Taiwan A.I. Labs founder Ethan Tu 杜奕瑾 . Taiwan’s innovative application of technology in combating the coronavirus has started to yield a economic dividend of increased direct foreign investment in the tech sector. Issues discussed include what parts of the Taiwan Model in combating Covid-19 can be…
Read MoreEpisode 2: Taiwan’s Economy Post Coronavirus Can Taiwan take advantage of its success in mitigating the coronavirus pandemic to better weather the coming economic storm threatening most of the world’s economies, or will the failure to solve its per-existing economic conditions mean an even more severe economic hit? We hear from two Taiwan newspaper columnists…
Read MoreEpisode 1: Taiwan and the WHO April 21, 2020 Can Taiwan regain a seat at the World Health Organization. Taiwan’s success battling Covid-19 and China’s cover up have boosted international support for Taiwan’s bid for, at the least, observer status at the next meeting of the WHO General Assembly on May 20th. Host Nicholas Gould interviews US…
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