How Businesses Impact U.S.-Taiwan Relations

It’s been 45 years since a landmark piece of U.S. legislation laid a new foundation for Washington’s ties with Taipei after the severing of formal diplomatic ties. But the Taiwan Relations Act may not have been possible without the advocacy of American businesses in Taiwan.

On this episode of Zoom In Zoom Out, TaiwanPlus reporter Joyce Tseng sits down with Dan Silver, the current chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan. We first zoom out to understand the origins of the Taiwan Relations Act, then zoom in to see how businesses can push for a better relationship between the U.S. and Taiwan.