HLS 22RS-456 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 123
BY REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Recognizes the economic ties and friendship that the
United States and Louisiana have with the Republic of China (Taiwan)
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To express recognition and encouragement of Taiwan's economic ties and friendship with
3 the United States and Louisiana.
4 WHEREAS, the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 was created to preserve and promote
5extensive, close, and friendly commercial, cultural, and other relations between the United
6States and Taiwan; and
7 WHEREAS, Taiwan currently ranks as our nation's eighth largest trading partner
8and as of March 2022, bilateral trade in goods were approximately thirty-two billion two
9hundred million dollars; and
10 WHEREAS, a robust trade and investment partnership between these two countries
11provide a solid foundation for a mutually beneficial bilateral trade agreement, which will
12spur job creation, expand the global market, and secure international supply chains; and
13 WHEREAS, Taiwan, in addition to being in a great position to revitalize the global
14supply chain, is committed to helping address global challenges from humanitarian crises
15to nontraditional security threats, which has been especially demonstrated through Taiwan's
16efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic; and
17 WHEREAS, in 2020, Taiwan donated ten million face masks to countries in need,
18of which two million masks were sent to the United States, and its disease prevention
19measures, known as the Taiwan Model, have received global recognition and has bolstered
20unprecedented international support for Taiwan's bid to participate in the World Health
21Assembly; and
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1 WHEREAS, during the coronavirus pandemic, Taiwan and the United States signed
2the Taiwan-U.S. Anti-Epidemic Partnership, also known as the Partnership against
3Coronavirus, to demonstrate the two countries collaborative efforts and determination to
4combat the coronavirus pandemic; and
5 WHEREAS, in addition to past collaborations that involve combating the
6coronavirus pandemic, the two countries have partnered together on a range of issues to
7promote common values of freedom, democracy, and human rights and have created
8programs, such as the Global Cooperation and Training Framework, which Taiwan along
9with the United States and the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association jointly administer to
10promote Taiwan's expertise in a wide variety of fields, such as human rights, women's
11empowerment, digital economy and cybersecurity, and public health; and
12 WHEREAS, in addition to creating and maintaining international bonds with our
13nation, Taiwan has also developed a strong and special bond with this state; and
14 WHEREAS, this year marks the thirty-seventh anniversary of the sister state
15relationship between Louisiana and Taiwan, a bond nurtured through mutually beneficial
16exchanges; and
17 WHEREAS, an example of those mutually beneficial exchanges, is the successful
18and profitable bilateral trade between Taiwan and Louisiana; and
19 WHEREAS, in 2020, Louisiana's exports to Taiwan reached approximately three
20hundred ninety million dollars in commodities and Louisiana's imports from Taiwan reached
21approximately one hundred thirty-two million dollars in Taiwanese commodities; and
22 WHEREAS, not only has Taiwan's unwavering friendship with this nation and its
23sister state, Louisiana, proven to be fathomless throughout the decades, both the United
24States and Louisiana have benefitted immensely and continue to benefit immensely from
25Taiwan's economic investment and companionship.
26 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
27express its recognition and encouragement of Taiwan's economic ties and friendship with
28the United States and Louisiana.
29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby express
30all of the following:
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1 (1)Support for a bilateral trade agreement between the United States and Taiwan
2 for Taiwan's participation in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement
3 for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
4 (2)Support for Taiwan's meaningful participation in the International Criminal
5 Police Organization (Interpol), the International Civil Aviation Organization,
6 the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the
7 World Health Assembly.
8 (3)Support for Louisiana to establish a partnership with Taiwan through the
9 National Guard State Partnership program to build on our decades of
10 mutually beneficial relations.
11 (4)Support for recognition of the forty-third anniversary of the enactment of the
12 Taiwan Relations Act and the thirty-seventh anniversary of the sister state
13 relationship between Louisiana and Taiwan.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Mr.
15Robert Lo, Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 123 Original 2022 Regular Session Wright
Expresses recognition and encouragement of Taiwan's economic ties and friendship with the
United States and Louisiana.
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