TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan's representative to the U.S. Alexander Tah-Ray Yui (俞大㵢) pledged that Taiwan will help ensure the resilience of the global supply chain.
Yui was attending the Indiana 2024 Global Economic Summit held from May 23-26 in Indiana, where he spoke with worldwide leaders of industry, government, and academia, reported the Chicago representative office.
At the summit, Yui reiterated Taiwan's willingness to collaborate with other nations ans uphold the international order based on rules and shared values. Also, to strengthen the resilience of high-tech industry supply chains.
On May 23, Yui was invited to serve as a panelist in a segment titled “Ship Happens: Building Supply Chain Resiliency in Critical Industries.” During the panel discussion, Yui discussed how governments and businesses could respond to pandemics and geopolitical risks by building resilient industry supply chains and steadfastly protecting global and national security interests.
Yui noted that during the pandemic, Taiwan helped ensure the stability of the automotive chip supply chain, focusing on values rather than profits, and deepening relationships with like-minded nations. He emphasized that Taiwan, as a hub of the global semiconductor industry, will firmly uphold the international order and industrial supply chains based on rules and shared values.
He also mentioned that in the high-tech talent training and artificial intelligence fields, Taiwanese companies and universities have established partnerships with Purdue University in the U.S. and signed memorandums of understanding with the University of Illinois, Texas A&M University, and the University of Texas System.
During the summit, Yui and his spouse attended other events, engaging with dignitaries such as Kamil Sasko, state secretary of the Slovak Republic's Ministry of Economy, former U.S. Ambassador to Poland Lee Feinstein, and Governor of Japan's Aichi Prefecture Ohmura Hideaki.
The office said the biennial event attracted over 700 participants from more than 30 countries, including 42 central or local government delegations, and leaders from companies such as Boeing, Google, Toyota, and Eli Lilly.
