Senate Resolution 101

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                    SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
                       BY  BEALL and BOETTGER
  1  1 A Resolution congratulating the Republic of China on
  1  2    Taiwan on its twentieth anniversary of participating
  1  3    in the Asia=Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and
  1  4    supporting the Republic of China on Taiwan as a part
  1  5    of the global community.
  1  6    WHEREAS, the Republic of China on Taiwan in 2012
  1  7 is celebrating 20 years of Taiwan's participation in
  1  8 the Asia=Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and
  1  9 its active role in promoting economic cooperation in
  1 10 the Asia=Pacific region, particularly in the areas of
  1 11 broadening opportunities for digital computing, green
  1 12 technologies, and renewable energy, improving crisis
  1 13 management for small and medium=size enterprises,
  1 14 and establishing a research center for typhoon and
  1 15 society; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, Taiwan in 2010 ranked as the United States'
  1 17 ninth largest trading partner in the world, serving as
  1 18 the United States' thirteenth largest export market and
  1 19 ninth largest source of imports; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, Taiwan is the world's sixth largest market
  1 21 for United States agricultural goods, as well as the
  1 22 fifteenth=largest market for Iowa goods, worth $106
  1 23 million in 2010, an increase of 12.9 percent above
  1 24 Iowa's exports to Taiwan in 2009, which exports could
  1 25 increase further in coming years with the expected
  1 26 purchases of soybeans and corn following the September
  1 27 2011 visit of the Taiwan Agricultural Goodwill Mission
  1 28 to Iowa and the Midwest, thus contributing to the
  2  1 region's economy; and
  2  2    WHEREAS, Taiwan seeks greater regional integration
  2  3 in the Asian=Pacific and welcomes the opportunity
  2  4 presented by the United States announcement at the
  2  5 2011 APEC leaders' meeting of its intent to not only
  2  6 join the Trans=Pacific Partnership (TPP), the proposed
  2  7 twenty=first century trade agreement between the United
  2  8 States and eight other Asia=Pacific Rim countries, but
  2  9 to expand TPP membership in the future to include other
  2 10 countries, such as Taiwan; and
  2 11    WHEREAS, Taiwan's absence from international
  2 12 organizations has impeded Taiwan's ability to
  2 13 participate in global climate initiatives and to
  2 14 respond to natural disasters like Typhoon Morakot,
  2 15 which struck Taiwan in the summer of 2009, an unusually
  2 16 destructive typhoon season in the Pacific; and
  2 17    WHEREAS, aviation safety has become a major global
  2 18 concern since 2001, with Taiwan being a key air
  2 19 transport hub in the Asia=Pacific region, with more
  2 20 than 1 million flights passing through the Taipei
  2 21 Flight Information Region, and with one of the world's
  2 22 largest airports by cargo volume, Taoyuan International
  2 23 Airport; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 24    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Iowa Senate
  2 25 congratulates the Republic of China on Taiwan in
  2 26 2012 on the one=hundredth anniversary of its Founding
  2 27 Day of January 1, and separately, on its 20 years of
  2 28 participation in the APEC forum; supports Taiwan's
  2 29 efforts to secure entry to the TPP, along with
  2 30 the United States and other friendly Asia=Pacific
  3  1 Rim countries; and reaffirms its support for the
  3  2 participation of Taiwan in the United Nations
  3  3 Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and
  3  4 the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
  3  5 to increase Taiwan's international stature in and
  3  6 contribution to the global community; and
  3  7    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of
  3  8 the Senate is hereby directed to send a copy of this
  3  9 Resolution to United States Secretary of State Hillary
  3 10 Rodham Clinton; Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres
  3 11 of the UNFCCC; Secretary General Raymond Benjamin of
  3 12 the ICAO; President Ma Ying=jeou of the Republic of
  3 13 China (Taiwan); and the Taipei Economic and Cultural
  3 14 Office in Chicago, Illinois.
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