HJR58 Summary

• Commends Taiwan as the United States' eighth-largest trading partner and Alabama's 13th largest import country, with $105 billion in bilateral U.S.-Taiwan trade in 2021.

• Recognizes Alabama's educational partnerships with Taiwan, including a 2022 K-12 and higher education cooperation agreement and Auburn University's 2021 establishment of a Taiwan Center of Chinese Language and Culture with National Cheng Kung University.

• Encourages Alabama to establish a trade office in Taiwan, following the example of South Carolina, New Mexico, Montana, and Pennsylvania, to attract investment and increase government exchanges.

• Supports the "U.S. - Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade" and Taiwan's meaningful participation in international organizations including WHO, UNFCCC, ICAO, INTERPOL, and IPEF.

• Directs transmission of the resolution to Governor Kay Ivey, Secretary of State Wes Allen, the Alabama Congressional Delegation, and the Director-General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta.