A bi-weekly snapshot of Taiwan business news stories brought to you by CommonWealth and AmCham Taipei’s TOPICS Smart Manufacturing Alliance Established On October 6, two of Taiwan’s foremost industrial associations, the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) and the Taiwan Electric and Electronics Manufacturing Association (TEEMA), announced the formation of the Taiwan Smart Manufacturing Alliance…

Taiwan-Somaliland Ties Established Taiwan and Somaliland agreed this summer to establish representative offices in each other’s countries, despite multiple reported attempts by Beijing to intervene. The name “Republic of China” will not be used to describe the relationship, as formal ties have not been established. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Joanne Ou said that the…