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Taiwan has seen a year of political developments with major implications for its role in Asia. In March, students occupied the legislature in to protest a contentious services trade agreement with mainland China. Just two months later, the island welcomed the highest-ever official visitor from the mainland to talk tourism and trade. Local elections in late November will in part hinge on the question of deeper cross-strait ties.

But Taiwan faces a conundrum: Closer ties with China are the ticket to deeper trade ties with the world, but they also set off political fears at home.

Global Atlanta traveled to Taiwan in June to explore these issues and more. Join us as we review the trip while convening local experts to learn where this vitally important market is moving and what its new policies might mean for your company.


Speakers:


Tim Tingkang Xia
Senior Partner
Morris, Manning & Martin LLP

Tim Tingkang Xia, Ph. D., is a senior partner of the firm and leads the firm’s International Practice and Intellectual Property Practice. He has represented a variety of Chinese clients in high-profile intellectual property cases.


John Garver
Professor of International Affairs,
Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. John W. Garver is Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. An expert on China's relations with the world, he is the author of eight books and over seventy articles dealing with the subject, including Face Off: China, the United States, and Taiwan's Democratization (author) and Taiwan's Democracy: Economic and Political Challenges (editor).


Huei-Yuan Steven Tai
Director General
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Atlanta

Before arriving in Atlanta as director general of the TECO office, Mr. Tai served as deputy director general for the Department of International Cooperation and Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taipei. His decades-long career in foreign service has included appointments in Seattle and Budapest, Hungary.

Moderated by:

Trevor Williams
Editor
Global Atlanta

Mr. Williams visited Taiwan for his third reporting trip in June, this time as a guest of the foreign affairs ministry to report on how the island is aiming to further liberalize its economy and participate in multilateral free trade agreements.

This event is sponsored and hosted by Morris, Manning & Martin LLP, a full-service Atlanta-based law firm with international business development offices in Beijing and Taipei, along with a strategic alliance office in Sao Paulo, Brazil.


When:

Nov. 12, 2014
6 - 8 p.m.

What:

Reception with discussion, drinks and hors d'oeuvres.

Where:

Morris, Manning & Martin
Atlanta Financial Center
3343 Peachtree Rd. NE
Suite 1600
Atlanta, GA 30326

Cost: $15




Organizers:

TAIPEI ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE - ATLANTA