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Vol.34- No.9
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Taiwan has Earned Removal from "the List" PDF Print E-mail

In an unprecedented meeting at the beginning of August, an AmCham delegation (accompanied by Economics Minister Ho Mei-yueh and Council for Economic Planning & Development Chairman Hu Sheng-cheng) visited Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jyn-ping. The group called his attention to the importance - for both multinational business and the Taiwan economy - of early passage of revisions to the Copyright Law in order to bolster Taiwan's intellectual-property-rights regime. The response from the lawmaking body was positive and immediate. The items were squeezed onto the agenda for last month's special two-week legislative session, and enacted essentially as sought by the Executive Yuan and endorsed by AmCham.

 

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Taiwan Briefs PDF Print E-mail

BY LUCIEN CROWDER

MACROECONOMICS
SLOWING BUT SLOWLY

CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
DON'T SAY WE DIDN'T WARN YOU

DOMESTIC POLITICS
LEGISLATURE GETS BUSY
TYPHOON AERE HITS HARD

INTERNATIONAL
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
JUST CALL ME FOR DINNER
AND NOW, DIRECT FROM SOUTH KOREA...

BUSINESS
ACER HIRES ITALIAN AS PRESIDENT
COPYRIGHT LAW AMENDED

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O Brother, How Price Thou? PDF Print E-mail

The Fair Trade Commission is investigating the way Chinese Petroleum and Formosa Petroleum make their decisions about gasoline prices. But maybe the FTC is looking at the problem from the wrong angle.

 

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Students' Views of Cross-Strait and Taiwan-U.S. Relations PDF Print E-mail

In a survey, young Taiwanese say that business ties are the key to improving relations with both China and the United States.

BY EMILY DREW

 

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TIPO's Job is Improving IPR Protection PDF Print E-mail

The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office works closely with other agencies and international organizations to bolster the effort to prevent counterfeiting.

By TING TING YANG

 

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