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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 30
BY SENATORS PEACOCK AND MORRIS AND REPRESENTATIVES AMEDEE,
BAGLEY, BROWN, CORMIER, EDMONDS, EMERSON, FIRMENT,
FISHER, FREEMAN, GAROFALO, GLOVER, HARRIS, HUGHES,
LACOMBE, LARVADAIN, MAGEE, GREGORY MILLER,
CHARLES OWEN, SELDERS, THOMPSON, WHITE AND
ZERINGUE
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend and express support for the strengthening of the state's 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 eleventh largest trading partner, and in
2022, bilateral trade in goods and services reached $159 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
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WHEREAS, Taiwan is committed to helping address global challenges, from
humanitarian crises to nontraditional security threats; 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-eighth 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 seventh largest trading partner in Asia and, in
2022, Taiwan imported nearly $294 million in commodities from Louisiana and in turn,
Louisiana imported $1.3 billion 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) Express support for a bilateral trade agreement between the United States and
Taiwan.
(2) Express support for Taiwan's meaningful participation in international
organizations with the United States.
(3) Express 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.
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(4) Celebrate the forty-fourth anniversary of the enactment of the Taiwan Relations
Act and the thirty-eighth 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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