The industry looks forward to potential further opening later this year. In AmCham’s Taiwan White Paper for the past several years, the Insurance Committee urged the government to enable consumers to purchase relatively simple types of insurance more conveniently online. For example, the Committee’s position paper suggested revision of a regulation requiring online purchasers of…
How to protect animals while also ensuring consumer safety? A bill currently before the Legislative Yuan would prohibit the manufacture and sale in Taiwan of cosmetics products tested on animals when alternative methods are available. It would authorize the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) to designate the alternative methods specified for industry use. If…
From modest beginnings, the dumpling restaurant has grown into an international empire. By Don Shapiro When foreign tourists come to Taiwan for the first time, they usually have a plan – whether written or mental – for what they want to see and do here. In the Taipei area, besides appreciating the treasures at…
Inflight catering kitchens face a host of difficult challenges. By Don Shapiro Preparing tens of thousands of meals a day is a difficult enough task, but the challenge is compounded when the food will be consumed many hours later by diners sitting 30,000 feet or more up in the air. The altitude and even the…
New models are appealing to a wider range of customers, bringing strong growth. By Don Shapiro “A good economy, good market, and good exchange rates” is the way Edward Butler, the marketing director for Audi Taiwan, sums up the reasons why the premium segment of Taiwan’s car market is growing at an even faster clip…
Progress in the past half year has been encouraging on numerous front. By Don Shapiro AmCham Taipei’s Taiwan White Paper is published annually in June, making this month the halfway point in the Chamber’s advocacy cycle and therefore an opportune time to review the progress of the 2014 White Paper issues. Nearly all of the…
Moving up to the next level remains a challenge. by Don Shapiro The annual Doing Business survey sponsored by the World Bank always provides a useful yardstick for how Taiwan’s business environment stacks up against those of other countries. This year, with Taiwan – or Taiwan, China as the World Bank insists on calling…
