PRINTER'S NO. 1222
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.166
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY O'MARA, SHUSTERMAN, ROWE, FLICK, MADDEN, GREINER,
HAMM, ZIMMERMAN, SANCHEZ, KUZMA, FREEMAN, BRENNAN, PICKETT,
SAMUELSON, MALAGARI, VENKAT, PIELLI, GUENST, MERSKI,
D. WILLIAMS, SCHLOSSBERG, GILLEN, STEELE AND GREEN,
APRIL 1, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND
OPERATIONS, APRIL 1, 2025
A RESOLUTION
Urging the Congress of the United States to continue its support
of Taiwan and recognizing the friendship between the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Taiwan.
WHEREAS, The United States and the Republic of China, known
commonly in the United States as Taiwan, share common values and
vision for the 21st century where freedom and democracy serve as
the foundation for peace, prosperity and progress; and
WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States passed the
landmark Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) in 1979 to sustain a close
bilateral relationship and to advance mutual security and
commercial interests between the United States and Taiwan; and
WHEREAS, The TRA and the Six Assurances have served as the
cornerstone of United States-Taiwan relations and have helped
preserve peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait; and
WHEREAS, Peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is crucial
to maintenance of a free, open and secure Indo-Pacific; and
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Pennsylvania urges the Congress of the United States to continue
its support of Taiwan's meaningful participation in
international organizations; and
WHEREAS, The United States and Taiwan have longstanding, deep
and growing trade and investment ties with Taiwan being the
United States' seventh-largest trading partner and the United
States being Taiwan's second-largest trading partner; and
WHEREAS, In December 2024, the first agreement under U.S.-
Taiwan Initiative for 21st-Century Trade entered into force,
marking a significant step in the bilateral economic
partnership; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania and Taiwan have developed an enduring
and mutually beneficial partnership that facilitates economic,
cultural and people-to-people exchanges; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania reopened a trade and investment office
in Taiwan in 2022, enhancing the robust economic relationship
between the two sides; and
WHEREAS, Taiwan is Pennsylvania's sixth largest export market
in Asia, and Pennsylvania is home to a growing number of
Taiwanese companies that create thousands of jobs; and
WHEREAS, Life Sciences Pennsylvania signed a memorandum of
understanding with the Taiwan Bio Industry Organization in 2015,
and the Pittsburgh Robotics Network joined a strategic alliance
with the Taiwan-USA Industrial Cooperation Promotion Office,
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Taiwan Automation Intelligence
and Robotics Association to strengthen cooperation in the fields
of robotics, automation, AI and smart manufacturing in 2021; and
WHEREAS, The United States-Taiwan Education Initiative was
launched in 2020 to strengthen cooperation on international
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language instruction; and
WHEREAS, Given Mandarin's designation as a critical language
as well as Taiwan's plans to be bilingual by 2030, schools and
institutes of higher education in both Pennsylvania and Taiwan
are encouraged to enhance their exchanges, as exemplified by the
partnership between the University of Pittsburgh and National
Taiwan Normal University; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania and Taiwan signed an agreement
regarding the mutual recognition of driver's licenses in 2015,
deepening relations and providing greater convenience to people
on both sides; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the Congress of the United
States to continue its support of Taiwan; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enhance the friendship and
bilateral relationship between Pennsylvania and Taiwan; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ambassador Tom
Chih-Chiang Lee of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in
New York and Governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro.
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