Signing the Taiwan-US Agreement to Strengthen Indo-Pacific strategic Infrastructure Cooperation Investment
Taiwan and the US Department of the Treasury signed a memorandum of cooperation on investment and to strengthen their collaboration on strategic infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific region.
Taiwan Executive Yuan held a press conference, where Brent Christensen, the Director of the America Institute in Taiwan, also attended.
On 17th September, Taiwan and the US signed the Framework to Strengthen Infrastructure Finance and Market Building Cooperation, to deepen their partnership and to introduce their local resources for the regional infrastructure development in Latin America and countries included in New Southbound policy.
The financial departments of Taiwan and the US would establish their working groups to encourage investments and provide cooperation opportunities in building infrastructure for public or private organizations. The groups would focus on energy markets investment and the infrastructure investment cooperation in places other than the US and Taiwan etc. The first working group meeting scheduled in this Autumn.
#US #Taiwan #ExecutiveYuan #DepartmentoftheTreasury #IndoPacific
Source: NowTV News #Sep30
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Taiwan and the US Department of the Treasury signed a memorandum of cooperation on investment and to strengthen their collaboration on strategic infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific region.
Taiwan Executive Yuan held a press conference, where Brent Christensen, the Director of the America Institute in Taiwan, also attended.
On 17th September, Taiwan and the US signed the Framework to Strengthen Infrastructure Finance and Market Building Cooperation, to deepen their partnership and to introduce their local resources for the regional infrastructure development in Latin America and countries included in New Southbound policy.
The financial departments of Taiwan and the US would establish their working groups to encourage investments and provide cooperation opportunities in building infrastructure for public or private organizations. The groups would focus on energy markets investment and the infrastructure investment cooperation in places other than the US and Taiwan etc. The first working group meeting scheduled in this Autumn.
#US #Taiwan #ExecutiveYuan #DepartmentoftheTreasury #IndoPacific
Source: NowTV News #Sep30
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Australian Prime Minister Visits Japan, Signing Security Pact to Counter China's Influence
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrived in Japan on Tuesday for a visit. Reuters reports that Morrison is expected to sign a historic military cooperation agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to cooperate in countering the growing influence of China in the region.
Morrison arrived in Japan on Tuesday, and an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan said that the meeting would include an announcement, but did not reveal any details. Some security experts estimate that Morrison and Suga will sign the Reciprocal Access Agreement, establishing a legal framework to allow mutual military training visits and joint exercises.
Japan has been negotiating the agreement for over six years, and still needs to be ratified by the Japanese Parliament. It will be the first military cooperation related agreement since the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security in the 1960s, allowing the U.S. to base warship, fighter jets and set up military bases in and around Japan.
#Australia #Japan #ReciprocalAccessAgreement #ScottMorrison #YoshihideSuga #CounterChina #IndoPacific
Source: Apple Daily #Nov16
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201116/OKL2DG4UGNGF5O5GITAYZ7PWSM/
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrived in Japan on Tuesday for a visit. Reuters reports that Morrison is expected to sign a historic military cooperation agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to cooperate in countering the growing influence of China in the region.
Morrison arrived in Japan on Tuesday, and an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan said that the meeting would include an announcement, but did not reveal any details. Some security experts estimate that Morrison and Suga will sign the Reciprocal Access Agreement, establishing a legal framework to allow mutual military training visits and joint exercises.
Japan has been negotiating the agreement for over six years, and still needs to be ratified by the Japanese Parliament. It will be the first military cooperation related agreement since the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security in the 1960s, allowing the U.S. to base warship, fighter jets and set up military bases in and around Japan.
#Australia #Japan #ReciprocalAccessAgreement #ScottMorrison #YoshihideSuga #CounterChina #IndoPacific
Source: Apple Daily #Nov16
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201116/OKL2DG4UGNGF5O5GITAYZ7PWSM/
British Thinktank Urges UK to Focus on Indo-Pacific Region
An influential centre-right British thinktank recently published a report proposing the UK's strategic policies on the Indo-Pacific region focusing on military, financial and diplomatic resources on building up democratic power against China's growing impact on world order. The report also recommends the UK government to support Hong Kong's autonomy and freedoms promised in the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
The report was published by Policy Exchange's Indo-Pacific Commission, chaired by former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and endorsed by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and current Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. With the publishing of this report expects closer collaboration between Britain and its allies in the Indo-Pacific region, including Australia, India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Together, they make up nearly half of the global economic output and comprise of more than half of the world population.
The report points out the UK government should expand the deployment of Royal Navy assets, Royal Air Force aircraft and Army (including Special Forces) or Royal Marines personnel to achieve uninterrupted and year-round UK military presence in the Indo-Pacific Region on operational and training missions. The City of London would offer its financial muscle through an Indo-Pacific investment initiative to set up a clean alternative to the Chinese belt and road initiative. It is also suggested to create an Indo-Pacific multinational investment treaty to protect investors from Chinese discriminatory practices and allow investors to enter into arbitration under international law.
Source: Apple Daily #Nov25
https://bit.ly/2IDPJdm
#UK #IndoPacific #PolicyExchange #BeltAndRoad
An influential centre-right British thinktank recently published a report proposing the UK's strategic policies on the Indo-Pacific region focusing on military, financial and diplomatic resources on building up democratic power against China's growing impact on world order. The report also recommends the UK government to support Hong Kong's autonomy and freedoms promised in the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
The report was published by Policy Exchange's Indo-Pacific Commission, chaired by former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and endorsed by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and current Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. With the publishing of this report expects closer collaboration between Britain and its allies in the Indo-Pacific region, including Australia, India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Together, they make up nearly half of the global economic output and comprise of more than half of the world population.
The report points out the UK government should expand the deployment of Royal Navy assets, Royal Air Force aircraft and Army (including Special Forces) or Royal Marines personnel to achieve uninterrupted and year-round UK military presence in the Indo-Pacific Region on operational and training missions. The City of London would offer its financial muscle through an Indo-Pacific investment initiative to set up a clean alternative to the Chinese belt and road initiative. It is also suggested to create an Indo-Pacific multinational investment treaty to protect investors from Chinese discriminatory practices and allow investors to enter into arbitration under international law.
Source: Apple Daily #Nov25
https://bit.ly/2IDPJdm
#UK #IndoPacific #PolicyExchange #BeltAndRoad
US Reveals Indo-Pacific Strategic Framework, Suggests to Resist China, Helps India to rise and Assist Taiwan's Defence
The night before the US presidential power transfer, the Trump government announced a decrypted file called the US Strategic Framework for Indo-Pacific on Jan 12, revealing the US strategic details for the Indo-Pacific region, including helping India to accelerate its rise and assisting Taiwan to develop national defence strategies, in order to counterbalance China. The Foreign Affairs Ministry of China criticised that the US used the Indo-Pacific strategy to suppress China, undermining the peace and the stability of the region.
This strategic framework was originally regarded as a confidential document, but the Trump government decided to make it public before the government changes. The document was approved by President Trump in February 2018 and has provided "overall strategic guidance" to the US operation for three years, stating that the US would maintain the long term promises on freedom and openness to the Indo-Pacific region.
Robert O'Brien, the US National Security Advisor, criticised in a press release that Beijing is increasing the pressure on the Indo-Pacific region, requesting these countries to submit their freedom and sovereignty to the "mutual fate" suggested by the CCP.
The document suggested an objective: North Korea will no longer be a threat, India will dominate South Asia, and the US will collaborate with the allies, to stand against China's coercive undermining sovereignty actions. The US expected that they could be India's first preferred partner regarding safety issues. Both countries will cooperate to maintain maritime safety and to resist China's influence on South and Southeast Asia.
Source: Stand News #Jan13
https://bit.ly/3fuUP9U
#US #China #Taiwan #NorthKorea #India #SouthAsia #SoutheasAsia #RobertOBrien #IndoPacific #StrategicFramework #Trump
The night before the US presidential power transfer, the Trump government announced a decrypted file called the US Strategic Framework for Indo-Pacific on Jan 12, revealing the US strategic details for the Indo-Pacific region, including helping India to accelerate its rise and assisting Taiwan to develop national defence strategies, in order to counterbalance China. The Foreign Affairs Ministry of China criticised that the US used the Indo-Pacific strategy to suppress China, undermining the peace and the stability of the region.
This strategic framework was originally regarded as a confidential document, but the Trump government decided to make it public before the government changes. The document was approved by President Trump in February 2018 and has provided "overall strategic guidance" to the US operation for three years, stating that the US would maintain the long term promises on freedom and openness to the Indo-Pacific region.
Robert O'Brien, the US National Security Advisor, criticised in a press release that Beijing is increasing the pressure on the Indo-Pacific region, requesting these countries to submit their freedom and sovereignty to the "mutual fate" suggested by the CCP.
The document suggested an objective: North Korea will no longer be a threat, India will dominate South Asia, and the US will collaborate with the allies, to stand against China's coercive undermining sovereignty actions. The US expected that they could be India's first preferred partner regarding safety issues. Both countries will cooperate to maintain maritime safety and to resist China's influence on South and Southeast Asia.
Source: Stand News #Jan13
https://bit.ly/3fuUP9U
#US #China #Taiwan #NorthKorea #India #SouthAsia #SoutheasAsia #RobertOBrien #IndoPacific #StrategicFramework #Trump
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American Institute in Taiwan: Deep Concern on China Damaging Taiwan Strait's Stability
#SandraOudkirk, Director of the American Institute in Taiwan, hosted her first press conference in #Taiwan on Oct 29.
She indicated that the current peace and stability around the #IndoPacific region and the #TaiwanStrait align with the interest of the #US. But she expressed deep concern about #China's act of destabilising the Taiwan Strait. Therefore, the US will work hard to help Taiwan in maintaining sufficient self-defence capabilities.
Oudkirk did not comment on #TsaiIngwen's first confirmation on the #USmilitary training in Taiwan but reiterated that the US's support to Taiwan is rock-solid. She also did not respond on whether to increase the amount of United States Marine Corps at the #AmericanInstituteinTaiwan.
She did not make a remark on the staff number of the institute and their original groups, only saying that the organisation team is outstanding.
Source: Stand News #Oct29
https://bit.ly/3oM8nlh
#ChinaTaiwan #CrossStrait #ChinaUS
#SandraOudkirk, Director of the American Institute in Taiwan, hosted her first press conference in #Taiwan on Oct 29.
She indicated that the current peace and stability around the #IndoPacific region and the #TaiwanStrait align with the interest of the #US. But she expressed deep concern about #China's act of destabilising the Taiwan Strait. Therefore, the US will work hard to help Taiwan in maintaining sufficient self-defence capabilities.
Oudkirk did not comment on #TsaiIngwen's first confirmation on the #USmilitary training in Taiwan but reiterated that the US's support to Taiwan is rock-solid. She also did not respond on whether to increase the amount of United States Marine Corps at the #AmericanInstituteinTaiwan.
She did not make a remark on the staff number of the institute and their original groups, only saying that the organisation team is outstanding.
Source: Stand News #Oct29
https://bit.ly/3oM8nlh
#ChinaTaiwan #CrossStrait #ChinaUS