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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 58
BY SENATOR PEACOCK AND REPRESENTATIVES AMEDEE, CARRIER, ROBBY
CARTER, EDMONSTON, FISHER, GAROFALO, HODGES,
JEFFERSON, JENKINS, LARVADAIN, MACK, MARINO, CHARLES
OWEN, PIERRE, PRESSLY, SCHAMERHORN, SCHEXNAYDER,
SCHLEGEL, THOMPSON, WHITE, WRIGHT AND ZERINGUE
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To express support for the strengthening of the partnership with Taiwan and for the
expansion of Taiwan's role on the global stage.
WHEREAS, the longstanding bonds of friendship between the United States and
Taiwan, embodied in the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, continue to yield important
economic, strategic, and cultural benefits; and
WHEREAS, Taiwan ranks as our nation's eighth largest trading partner, and in 2020,
bilateral trade in goods and services reached $106 billion; and
WHEREAS, Taiwan ranks as the seventh largest export market for United States
agricultural products and is a particularly important market for Louisiana farmers; and
WHEREAS, Taiwan's biennial agricultural trade goodwill missions result in
multibillion-dollar supply deals and Taiwan annually dispatches delegations to the
SelectUSA Investment Summit to boost investments; and
WHEREAS, Taiwan's recent action to lift restrictions on United States beef and pork
beginning January 2021 will serve to enhance bilateral trade; and
WHEREAS, the robust trade and investment partnership between the United States
and Taiwan provides a solid foundation for a mutually beneficial bilateral trade agreement
to spur job creation, further expand the global market, and secure international supply
chains; and
WHEREAS, Taiwan is well positioned to play an important role augmenting the
revitalization of the global supply chain as part of the post pandemic economic recovery; and
WHEREAS, Taiwan is committed to helping address global challenges, from
humanitarian crises to nontraditional security threats; and
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WHEREAS, this year Taiwan has emerged as an important partner in pandemic
prevention, providing more than fifty-five million surgical masks and other personal
protective equipment to more than eighty countries around the world, and has achieved
world renowned accolades for its effective pandemic prevention and containment, bolstering
unprecedented international support for Taiwan's response to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, Taiwanese officials and civil society groups partner with the United
States on a range of issues to promote our common values of freedom, democracy, and
human rights and Taiwan joined with the United States to establish the Partnership against
COVID-19, building on the cooperative tradition of prior joint partnerships such as the
Global Cooperation and Training Framework, which advances Taiwanese leadership in such
arenas as democratization, human rights, women's empowerment, and public health; and
WHEREAS, this year marks the thirty-seventh anniversary of the sister state
relationship between Louisiana and Taiwan and is a bond nurtured through mutually
beneficial exchanges; and
WHEREAS, Taiwan is Louisiana's eighth largest trading partner in Asia and, in
2020, Taiwan imported nearly $390 million in commodities from Louisiana and in turn,
Louisiana imported $132 million in Taiwanese goods; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana and the United States have benefitted immeasurably through
decades of an unwavering friendship with Taiwan and the wider world is sure to reap
tremendous rewards as Taiwan works to enhance its presence in the international
community.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
express its support for the strengthening of the partnership with Taiwan and for the
expansion of Taiwan's role on the global stage.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby do all
of the following:
(1) Expresses support for a bilateral trade agreement between the United States and
Taiwan.
(2) Expresses support for Taiwan's meaningful participation in international
organizations with the United States.
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(3) Expresses support for Louisiana to establish a partnership with Taiwan through
the National Guard State Partnership program to build on our decades of mutually beneficial
relations.
(4) Celebrates the forty-third anniversary of the enactment of the Taiwan Relations
Act and the thirty-seventh anniversary of the sister state relationship between the state of
Louisiana and Taiwan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston, Texas.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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