The Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs is working in cooperation with the Department of Trade and Industry, the Philippines to co-host the “APEC O2O Forum: Embracing Digital Transformation for the Next Paradigm Shift in the O2O Platform” on 28 October in Makati City, the Philippines. The forum not only sustains the momentum of digital innovation in APEC, but echoes the 2019 APEC priorities “Digital Society” and “Women, SMEs and Inclusive Growth”.
Taiwan and the Philippines negotiated several key issues involving the welfare of Filipino workers in Taiwan at an annual labor meeting in Taipei on Monday, but agreement was reached on only a limited number of topics.
Taiwan is ranked 15th among 190 economies and seventh in the Asia-Pacific, according to the Doing Business report released Oct. 24 by Washington-based World Bank.
The annual workshop meeting of heads organized for member economies of Tokyo-based Asian Productivity Organization wrapped up Oct. 23 in Taipei City, spotlighting Taiwan’s role in advancing regional prosperity.
At a time when trade friction between the United States and China is affecting global demand, export-oriented Taiwan still posted a year-on-year increase of more than 2 percent in outbound sales for the first nine months of the year, after inflationary adjustments, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF).
About 1,000 local and international buyers visited the 2019 Smart Asia trade show in Mumbai, India from Oct. 17-19, including one from as far away as Poland, who was interested in Taiwan-made electric car batteries, according to the organizer Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA).
"India and Taiwan have not even scratched the surface of the vast potential that our two economies hold together for each other," said Ajay Prakash Sawhney, secretary of India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, at the opening ceremony of the Taipei International Electronics Show (Taitronics).
The launch ceremony of Startup Terrace, an iconic international entrepreneurs' village in Asia, will take place on October 17th (Thursday). With its connections with communities, industries and the global market, Startup Terrace has attracted at least 132 domestic and foreign accelerators and startups to move into it.
Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je attended the 2019 Taipei Cross-Border eCommerce Annual Convention today (October 8). In order to help enterprises tap into the global cross-border eCommerce market and transform Taipei City into a smart trade city, Taipei City Government has not only invited eBay Inc. Vice President John Lin to reveal the new trend in 2020, but also PChome Thai and Pinkoi to share their experiences in the Asian market such as Southeast Asia.
Taiwan placed 12th out of 141 economies surveyed around the globe in the World Economic Forum's latest Global Competitiveness Report released Oct. 9, 2019, moving up one position from the previous report. Receiving a score of 80.2 out of 100, Taiwan finished fourth in Asia. The top 11 economies globally were Singapore, the United States, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Denmark and Finland.
