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- 美國在台協會梅健華處長歡迎台灣學生赴美留學。
AIT Director Kin Moy Welcomes Taiwan Students
to Study in the U.S.
OT-1704, April 12, 2017, 2
pages. “I want to congratulate all students in Taiwan who have received offers of
admission from one of the over 4,500 accredited institutions of higher learning
in the United States.” (From AIT)
- 美國在台協會處長梅健華 數位經濟論壇之智慧科技研討會開幕致詞。
Remarks by AIT Director Kin Moy at the
Digital Economy Forum - Smart Technology Symposium.
OT-1705, April 25, 2017, 2 pages.
“Today we
will be launching the Smart Technologies Working Group, a platform which brings
together public and private sector leaders from both the United States and
Taiwan charged with carrying forward our cooperation on smart technologies.” (
From AIT)
- 美國在台協會處長梅健華 登革熱/茲卡/屈公病鑑別診斷國際研習營致詞 。
Remarks by AIT Director Kin Moy at the Global
Cooperation and Training Framework Mosquito-borne Viral Diseases Laboratory Diagnosis
Workshop.
OT-1706 April 25, 2017, 2
pages.
“Once again,
the United States and Taiwan are partnering under the GCTF, with all of you
here today, to address a pressing regional and global threat.” ( From AIT)
- 美國在台協會主席莫健 登革熱/茲卡/屈公病鑑別診斷國際研習營致詞。
Remarks by AIT Chairman James Moriarty at the
Global Cooperation and Training Framework Mosquito-borne Viral Diseases
Laboratory Diagnosis Workshop.
OT-1707 April 25, 2017, 2
pages.
“We consider GCTF one
of the signature programs in the U.S.-Taiwan relationship, built on our long
history of strong cooperation.” ( From
AIT)
- O'Rourke, Ronald.
China Naval
Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues
for Congress.
Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research
Service , March 29, 2017,
107 pages.
“This report provides background information and issues for Congress on
China’s naval modernization effort and its implications for U.S. Navy
capabilities. The question of how the United States should respond to China’s
military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, is a
key issue in U.S. defense planning and budgeting. Many U.S. military programs
for countering improving Chinese military forces (particularly its naval forces)
fall within the U.S. Navy’s budget.” (From CRS Report)
- Heath, Timothy R.
Chinese Political
and Military Thinking Regarding Taiwan and East and South China Seas.
Rand, April 13,
2017, 14 pages.
“This testimony seeks to answer how Chinese political and military leaders
and thinkers regard the prospects for conflict with Taiwan and in the East and
South China Seas over the near, medium, and long terms and how they might
respond to a related military contingency. It also aims to illuminate how
Chinese leaders might regard escalation in any conflict involving U.S. forces. ”
(From Rand)
- Vasey, Lloyd R.
PacNet #33A - A New
Strategy Toward North Korea: Proactive, Comprehensive, and Productive.
Center for
Strategic and International Studies, April 21, 2017, 2 pages.
“The end goal of this strategy is a
denuclearized Korean Peninsula, a North Korean economy that can sustain itself,
a regional security environment free of military threats from North Korea, and
decisive actions addressing the deplorable human rights situation throughout
North Korea.” (From CSIS)
- Williams, Ian.
North Korea’s New Missiles on Parade.
Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 18,
2017, 4 pages.
“Recently North Korea conducted a major
military parade, an annual affair to commemorate the birth of Kim Il-sung. The
event included the conspicuous display of many missiles and artillery pieces,
which together demonstrate the nation’s firm intent to develop new and
longer-range capabilities, as well as its overall reliance upon such military
forces.” (From CSIS)
- 2017
National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers: Taiwan.
Office of the United States
Trade Representatives, March 26, 2017, 8 pages.
“The U.S. goods trade deficit with
Taiwan was $13.3 billion in 2016, a 11.8 percent decrease ($1.8 billion) over
2015. U.S. goods exports to Taiwan were $26.0 billion, up 0.7 percent ($185
million) from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Taiwan were
$39.3 billion, down 3.9 percent. Taiwan was the United States' 14th largest
goods export market in 2016.” (From the USTR)
- 2017 Trade Policy Agenda and 2016 Annual
Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program.
Office of the United States Trade Representatives, March
1, 2017, 336 pages.
“The 2017 Agenda outlines the new
Administration’s four trade priorities: promoting U.S. sovereignty, enforcing
U.S. trade laws, leveraging American economic strength to expand our goods and
services exports, and protecting U.S. intellectual property rights.” (From the
USTR)
- Morrison, Wayne M.
China-U.S.
Trade Issues.
Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research
Service , March 6, 2017, 80 pages.
“This report provides background and analysis of U.S.-China
commercial ties, including history, trends, issues, and outlook.” (From CRS
report)
- DeSilver,
Drew.
What
does the Federal Government Spend Your Tax Dollars on? Social Insurance Programs,
Mostly.
Pew
Research Center, April 4, 2017, 3 pages.
“In fiscal year 2016, the federal government spent just
under $4 trillion, and about $2.7 trillion – more than two-thirds of the
total – went for various kinds of social insurance (Social Security, Medicaid
and Medicare, unemployment compensation, veterans benefits and the like).
Another $604 billion, or 15.3% of total spending, went for national defense;
net interest payments on government debt was about $240 billion, or 6.1%.
Education aid and related social services were about $114 billion, or less
than 3% of all federal spending. Everything else – crop subsidies, space
travel, highway repairs, national parks, foreign aid and much, much more –
accounted for the remaining 6%.” (From
Pew Research Center)
- Humud, Carla E.
and others.
Armed Conflict in
Syria: Overview and U.S. Response.
Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research
Service , April 7, 2017,
36 pages.
“A deadly chemical weapons attack in
Syria on April 4, 2017, and a U.S. military strike in response on April 6 have
returned the conflict—now in its seventh year—to the forefront of international
attention. In response to the April 4 attack, some Members of Congress called
for the United States to conduct a punitive military operation.” (From CRS
report)
- Knake, Robert K.
and Whitney Shepardson.
A Cyberattack on
the U.S. Power Grid.
Council on Foreign Relations, April 2017, 11 pages.
“The U.S. power grid has long been
considered a logical target for a major cyberattack. Besides the intrinsic
importance of the power grid to a functioning U.S. society, all sixteen sectors
of the U.S. economy deemed to make up the nation’s critical infrastructure rely
on electricity. Disabling or otherwise interfering with the power grid in a
significant way could thus seriously harm the United States.” (From Council on
Foreign Relations)
- Laub, Zachary.
The Impact of the
Iran Nuclear Agreement.
Council on Foreign
Relations, April 11, 2017, 5 pages.
“Iran has dismantled much of its nuclear program and given international
inspectors extensive access to sensitive sites under an agreement known as the
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Under its terms, the United States,
European Union, and United Nations have lifted sanctions that had crippled the
Iranian economy, but more than year after the accord took effect, Iranians have
yet to see the recovery that President Hassan Rouhani had promised. Meanwhile,
as the Trump administration has vowed a more aggressive approach to Iran and
the U.S. Congress considers levying new sanctions, international businesses,
sensing uncertainty, have largely held back from investing in the country.”
(From Council on Foreign Relations)
- Seven Things You Need to Know about Climate
Change.
National Geographic, April 2017, 10 pages.
“We need energy - food, fuel, electricity - to
lead modern lives. Billions of people
need more of it. But how we get energy
is changing the Earth in ways that threaten us all. Can we find a better way?
Climate change is a grand challenge. Here are the facts.” (From National Geographic)
- Engelke, Peter and Robert A. Manning.
Keeping America’s Innovative Edge.
Atlantic Council, April 4, 2017. “The report includes
detailed policy recommendations spanning a wide range of key areas: research
and development, emerging technologies, national security, education, skills
training, diversity and inclusion, intellectual property, and more. Based on
research conducted on-the-ground in US tech hubs, this in-depth study is
relevant to stakeholders across federal, state, and local governments;
scientists, engineers, and lab workers; university officials, administrators,
and educators; and entrepreneurs, business leaders, and venture capitalists.” (From the Atlantic
Council)
- Gottron, Frank.
Science and Technology Issues in the
115th Congress.
Washington,
D.C. : Congressional Research Service , March 14, 2017, 43
pages.
“This report serves as a brief introduction to many of the science and
technology policy issues that may come before the 114th Congress. Each issue
section provides background information and outlines the policy issues that may
be considered. ” (From CRS report)
- Singer, Peter L. and William B. Bonvillian.
Innovation
Orchards: Helping Tech Start-Ups Scale.
Information Technology and Innovation
Foundation, March 27,
2017, 39 pages.
“The new innovation
orchard model brings together university, industry, and potentially government
partners to provide start-ups with the know-how, access to technology,
equipment, and bridge funding to scale up new technologies.” (From ITIF)
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