HR 166 — A Resolution urging the Congress of the United States to continue its support of Taiwan and recognizing the friendship between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Taiwan.

PRINTER'S NO.    1222

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 166
                                              Session of
                                                2025

     INTRODUCED BY O'MARA, SHUSTERMAN, ROWE, FLICK, MADDEN, GREINER,
        HAMM, ZIMMERMAN, SANCHEZ, KUZMA, FREEMAN, BRENNAN, PICKETT,
        SAMUELSON, MALAGARI, VENKAT, PIELLI, GUENST, MERSKI,
        D. WILLIAMS, SCHLOSSBERG, GILLEN, STEELE AND GREEN,
        APRIL 1, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND
        OPERATIONS, APRIL 1, 2025


                               A RESOLUTION
 1   Urging the Congress of the United States to continue its support
 2      of Taiwan and recognizing the friendship between the
 3      Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Taiwan.
 4      WHEREAS, The United States and the Republic of China, known
 5   commonly in the United States as Taiwan, share common values and
 6   vision for the 21st century where freedom and democracy serve as
 7   the foundation for peace, prosperity and progress; and
 8      WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States passed the
 9   landmark Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) in 1979 to sustain a close
10   bilateral relationship and to advance mutual security and
11   commercial interests between the United States and Taiwan; and
12      WHEREAS, The TRA and the Six Assurances have served as the
13   cornerstone of United States-Taiwan relations and have helped
14   preserve peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait; and
15      WHEREAS, Peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is crucial
16   to maintenance of a free, open and secure Indo-Pacific; and
 1      WHEREAS, The House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
 2   Pennsylvania urges the Congress of the United States to continue
 3   its support of Taiwan's meaningful participation in
 4   international organizations; and
 5      WHEREAS, The United States and Taiwan have longstanding, deep
 6   and growing trade and investment ties with Taiwan being the
 7   United States' seventh-largest trading partner and the United
 8   States being Taiwan's second-largest trading partner; and
 9      WHEREAS, In December 2024, the first agreement under U.S.-
10   Taiwan Initiative for 21st-Century Trade entered into force,
11   marking a significant step in the bilateral economic
12   partnership; and
13      WHEREAS, Pennsylvania and Taiwan have developed an enduring
14   and mutually beneficial partnership that facilitates economic,
15   cultural and people-to-people exchanges; and
16      WHEREAS, Pennsylvania reopened a trade and investment office
17   in Taiwan in 2022, enhancing the robust economic relationship
18   between the two sides; and
19      WHEREAS, Taiwan is Pennsylvania's sixth largest export market
20   in Asia, and Pennsylvania is home to a growing number of
21   Taiwanese companies that create thousands of jobs; and
22      WHEREAS, Life Sciences Pennsylvania signed a memorandum of
23   understanding with the Taiwan Bio Industry Organization in 2015,
24   and the Pittsburgh Robotics Network joined a strategic alliance
25   with the Taiwan-USA Industrial Cooperation Promotion Office,
26   Ministry of Economic Affairs and Taiwan Automation Intelligence
27   and Robotics Association to strengthen cooperation in the fields
28   of robotics, automation, AI and smart manufacturing in 2021; and
29      WHEREAS, The United States-Taiwan Education Initiative was
30   launched in 2020 to strengthen cooperation on international

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 1   education and highlight Taiwan's ability to provide Mandarin
 2   language instruction; and
 3      WHEREAS, Given Mandarin's designation as a critical language
 4   as well as Taiwan's plans to be bilingual by 2030, schools and
 5   institutes of higher education in both Pennsylvania and Taiwan
 6   are encouraged to enhance their exchanges, as exemplified by the
 7   partnership between the University of Pittsburgh and National
 8   Taiwan Normal University; and
 9      WHEREAS, Pennsylvania and Taiwan signed an agreement
10   regarding the mutual recognition of driver's licenses in 2015,
11   deepening relations and providing greater convenience to people
12   on both sides; therefore be it
13      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
14   Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the Congress of the United
15   States to continue its support of Taiwan; and be it further
16      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
17   Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enhance the friendship and
18   bilateral relationship between Pennsylvania and Taiwan; and be
19   it further
20      RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
21   the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ambassador Tom
22   Chih-Chiang Lee of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in
23   New York and Governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro.




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