FL H8125

Florida House of Representatives expresses appreciation for the sister-state relationship between Florida and Taiwan, built on bilateral economic and cultural ties established since the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office opened in Miami-Dade County in 1988

Taiwan ranks as the United States' fifth-largest merchandise trading partner and Florida's ninth-largest bilateral merchandise trading partner in the Asia-Pacific region, with Taiwan exceeding 7 percent GDP growth in 2025

The Taiwan Agricultural Trade Goodwill Mission's Beef Working Group visited Florida in September 2025 to strengthen beef trade, and the Florida Leadership Mission to Asia met with Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs in October 2025 to expand strategic cooperation

U.S.-Taiwan collaboration includes the FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 satellite mission launched June 25, 2019, Taiwan's participation in the Visa Waiver Program since November 1, 2012, and the United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act signed in August 2023

Economic partnership continues through a 5-year extension of the Economic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue Memorandum of Understanding and ongoing negotiations for a U.S.-Taiwan Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation