SR92 Summary

• Senate resolution commending Taiwan's democratization efforts and expressing support for its relations with the United States, with first reading on May 28, 2015.

• Recognizes Alabama and Taiwan's sister-state relationship since 1983 and highlights Taiwan as the U.S. eleventh-largest trading partner and the U.S. as Taiwan's third-largest trading partner.

• Supports Taiwan's participation in international organizations including the World Health Organization, International Civil Aviation Organization, and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

• Encourages closer economic partnership between Alabama and Taiwan through potential bilateral investment agreements, free trade agreements, and inclusion in the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

• Directs transmission of the resolution to Mr. Steven Huei-Yuan Tai, Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta.