Stanford University

Conference report highlights future of economic development in Taiwan

TPP Logo Tain-Jy Chen (left), president of the Chung-Hua Institution of Economic Research and professor of economics at National Taiwan University, is seen with Hung-mao Tien (right), president of the Institute for National Policy Research in Taiwan, during the Trans-Pacific Partnership Conference at Stanford University in October 2013.

In this report, Kharis Templeman, program manager of the Taiwan Democracy Project, summarizes the discussions and conclusions from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Conference held in October of 2013 at Stanford University.  The conference was aimed at considering the opportunities and constraints on Taiwan’s future economic development, particularly in the context of a changing trading environment in the Asia Pacific region. Although there remained some disagreement among the panelists as a whole, many conclusions were determined, notably, Taiwan’s national interest to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

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