The Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs is hosting the APEC SMEs New Paradigm of Digital Resilience Forum online event on July 5th and 6th. Model SMEs, public and private sector representatives, and startups from sixteen economies have been invited. Moreover, over thirty best practice cases from eight APEC economies are demonstrating their digital products and business models in a one month virtual exhibition.
Taiwan joined fellow Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation members Australia, Canada and New Zealand in celebrating the recent launch of the co-founded Indigenous Peoples Economic and Trade Cooperation Arrangement in Ottawa.
Minister without Portfolio and chief trade negotiator John Deng represented Taiwan at a meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers Saturday to Sunday (Taipei time) in Bangkok, Thailand. Minister Deng held talks with other countries’ representatives regarding the preservation of free and open global trade and investment environments during the post-pandemic recovery phase.
Minister without Portfolio John C. C. Deng and U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai held a bilateral meeting May 20 in Bangkok, underscoring the commitment of both sides to further strengthening the robust economic relations, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), established in 1989 aiming at promoting economic prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region through mutual respect and open policy dialogue among economies, is an international intergovernmental organization in which all members participate as economies.
Taiwan plans to send Minister without Portfolio John Deng to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers’ meeting in Thailand. The foreign ministry said on Tuesday that Deng’s delegation will go to Bangkok to participate in meetings from May 21 to 22.
Outstanding efforts by Taiwan’s representative offices have significantly increased foreign trade and investment in the first quarter of 2022, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs May 9.
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) hosted a webinar on “APEC Public-Private Dialogue on Product Safety in Digital Trade” on April 28, 2022. Product safety regulators, e-commerce platforms, and consumer groups in the Asia-Pacific region joined this webinar and exchanged their approaches to ensuring safety of products sold online.
Taiwan has become one of the founding members of the U.S.-led Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Forum, underscoring the government’s commitment to working with like-minded partners to promote trusted global data flows and privacy protection, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs April 21.
Taiwan co-founded the Indigenous Peoples Economic and Trade Cooperation Arrangement March 29, joining fellow members New Zealand, Canada and Australia in promoting regional tie-ups based on shared cultural and ethnic heritage.
