Taiwan is an excellent and growing market for American companies.

• The U.S.-Taiwan Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) opens huge additional opportunities for American business. These include preferential market access for U.S. agricultural, automotive, and certain other exports; Taiwanese commitments for massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) and aircraft procurements; and easier market entry for American-made cars and
• Taiwan is a leader in the Indo-Pacific region in intellectual property rights protection. American companies receive fair and non- discriminatory treatment in the Taiwanese judicial system.
• Americans find Taiwan to be a safe, comfortable, and friendly place to live and work.

Taiwan is a vital partner for U.S. tech companies and a crucial link in their supply chains.

• Driven by the AI boom, two-way trade in goods reached US$256 billion in 2025, making Taiwan the United States’s fourth largest trading partner. Only Mexico, Canada, and China did more business with the United States. The United States was Taiwan’s top trading partner.
• With their deep-seated manufacturing expertise and experience, Taiwanese suppliers of components, materials, and services are an integral part of the supply chain for leading high-tech American companies, helping boost the se companies’ competitiveness in global markets.
• Taiwan’s participation in the U.S. government’s Pax Silica initiative is further tightening those relationships. Taiwan is focusing on the strategic areas of AI and non-China supply chains, critical minerals, digital infrastructure resilience, and drone and robotics

Taiwan is a leading source of job-creating investment in the United States.

• In the ART agreement reached earlier this year, Taiwan committed to US$250 billion in new investments, with government financial support through loan guarantees.
• TSMC has already started operations at two huge semiconductor fabs in Arizona and has plans for four With total investment of US$165 billion, the project will create up to 12,000 direct high-tech jobs, with employment for another 40,000 construction workers.
• Other Taiwanese companies are also investing heavily in the United States. Among them are GlobalWafers (silicon wafers), the Chang Chun Group (specialized chemicals and components for semiconductors), United Microelectronics (chipmaking), MediaTek (chip design), and Foxconn (advanced electronic assembly and automotive technology), as well as Quanta, Wistron, Wiwynn, and companies involved in high-end servers and other sophisticated equipment.
• Scores of smaller enterprises are also potential investors as critical contributors to the supply chains of the larger companies. To ease entry into the U.S. market for these enterprises, the Taiwan government is helping to fund and develop specialized industrial parks in Arizona and Texas.
  √ To attract investment, a double-taxation avoidance agreement is needed between the United States and Taiwan. Enabling legislation has been tied up in the Senate for technical reasons, despite bipartisan support. Early enactment would spur the f low of additional Taiwanese investment into the United States.

Taiwan shares American values of democracy and human rights.

• Since Taiwan began transitioning to a liberal democracy in the 1990s, it has made big strides in advancing the political and economic rights of its It consistently ranks among the top democracies in the world, and especially in Asia.
• Its open democratic environment and adherence to free market principles make Taiwan an ideal location for American businesses to invest and conduct trade with, and for entities from both sides to communicate and cooperate.

Taiwan is an ally in providing stability and security in the Asia Pacific.

• Located between Japan and the Philippines in the first island chain o the Asian mainland, Taiwan occupies a strategic position for the maintenance of regional security and stability.
• Due to their prowess in electronics, Taiwanese companies have been among global leaders in developing drones and other asymmetric-warfare Opportunities for cooperation with U.S. partners in R&D and co-production are enormous.
• Amid worldwide concern about the availability of critical minerals, Taiwan’s research institutions are developing ways to access those resources through e-waste recycling.