House
Resolution
103
-
Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
103
BY
ANDERSON
,
DRAKE
,
ARNOLD
,
BERRY
,
MASCHER
,
S.
OLSON
,
and
PETERSEN
A
Resolution
congratulating
the
Republic
of
China
on
1
Taiwan
on
its
twentieth
anniversary
of
participating
2
in
the
Asia-Pacific
Economic
Cooperation
forum
and
3
supporting
the
Republic
of
China
on
Taiwan
as
a
part
4
of
the
global
community.
5
WHEREAS,
the
Republic
of
China
on
Taiwan
in
2012
6
is
celebrating
20
years
of
Taiwan’s
participation
in
7
the
Asia-Pacific
Economic
Cooperation
(APEC)
forum
and
8
its
active
role
in
promoting
economic
cooperation
in
9
the
Asia-Pacific
region,
particularly
in
the
areas
of
10
broadening
opportunities
for
digital
computing,
green
11
technologies,
and
renewable
energy,
improving
crisis
12
management
for
small
and
medium-size
enterprises,
13
and
establishing
a
research
center
for
typhoon
and
14
society;
and
15
WHEREAS,
Taiwan
in
2010
ranked
as
the
United
States’
16
ninth
largest
trading
partner
in
the
world,
serving
as
17
the
United
States’
thirteenth
largest
export
market
and
18
ninth
largest
source
of
imports;
and
19
WHEREAS,
Taiwan
is
the
world’s
sixth
largest
market
20
for
United
States
agricultural
goods,
as
well
as
the
21
fifteenth-largest
market
for
Iowa
goods,
worth
$106
22
million
in
2010,
an
increase
of
12.9
percent
above
23
Iowa’s
exports
to
Taiwan
in
2009,
which
exports
could
24
increase
further
in
coming
years
with
the
expected
25
purchases
of
soybeans
and
corn
following
the
September
26
2011
visit
of
the
Taiwan
Agricultural
Goodwill
Mission
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to
Iowa
and
the
Midwest,
thus
contributing
to
the
28
region’s
economy;
and
1
WHEREAS,
Taiwan
seeks
greater
regional
integration
2
in
the
Asian-Pacific
and
welcomes
the
opportunity
3
presented
by
the
United
States
announcement
at
the
4
2011
APEC
leaders’
meeting
of
its
intent
to
not
only
5
join
the
Trans-Pacific
Partnership
(TPP),
the
proposed
6
twenty-first
century
trade
agreement
between
the
United
7
States
and
eight
other
Asia-Pacific
Rim
countries,
but
8
to
expand
TPP
membership
in
the
future
to
include
other
9
countries,
such
as
Taiwan;
and
10
WHEREAS,
Taiwan’s
absence
from
international
11
organizations
has
impeded
Taiwan’s
ability
to
12
participate
in
global
climate
initiatives
and
to
13
respond
to
natural
disasters
like
Typhoon
Morakot,
14
which
struck
Taiwan
in
the
summer
of
2009,
an
unusually
15
destructive
typhoon
season
in
the
Pacific;
and
16
WHEREAS,
aviation
safety
has
become
a
major
global
17
concern
since
2001,
with
Taiwan
being
a
key
air
18
transport
hub
in
the
Asia-Pacific
region,
with
more
19
than
1
million
flights
passing
through
the
Taipei
20
Flight
Information
Region,
and
with
one
of
the
world’s
21
largest
airports
by
cargo
volume,
Taoyuan
International
22
Airport;
NOW
THEREFORE,
23
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
24
That
the
Iowa
House
of
Representatives
congratulates
25
the
Republic
of
China
on
Taiwan
in
2012
on
the
26
one-hundredth
anniversary
of
its
Founding
Day
27
of
January
1,
and
separately,
on
its
20
years
of
28
participation
in
the
APEC
forum;
supports
Taiwan’s
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efforts
to
secure
entry
to
the
TPP,
along
with
30
the
United
States
and
other
friendly
Asia-Pacific
1
Rim
countries;
and
reaffirms
its
support
for
the
2
participation
of
Taiwan
in
the
United
Nations
3
Framework
Convention
on
Climate
Change
(UNFCCC)
and
4
the
International
Civil
Aviation
Organization
(ICAO)
5
to
increase
Taiwan’s
international
stature
in
and
6
contribution
to
the
global
community;
and
7
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
Chief
Clerk
of
the
8
House
of
Representatives
is
hereby
directed
to
send
9
a
copy
of
this
Resolution
to
United
States
Secretary
10
of
State
Hillary
Rodham
Clinton;
Executive
Secretary
11
Christiana
Figueres
of
the
UNFCCC;
Secretary
General
12
Raymond
Benjamin
of
the
ICAO;
President
Ma
Ying-jeou
of
13
the
Republic
of
China
(Taiwan);
and
the
Taipei
Economic
14
and
Cultural
Office
in
Chicago,
Illinois.
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