00:00Tennessee has through proclamation in its legislature signed proclamation by the governor
00:08recognized the importance of taiwan in the world and the importance of the strategic partnership
00:17between taiwan and the state of tennessee and traveling just in the last couple days in taiwan
00:23it has become evident to me that the importance of taiwan in the globe economically and as a business leader
00:34is increasing rapidly the world recognizes and the u.s recognizes the importance of taiwan as a
00:42strategic partner to the united states but we also recognize that that is growing exponentially
00:49as taiwan's economy and business grows exponentially and because of that tennessee sees
00:57an incredible opportunity in expanding the partnerships that we have
01:02with companies from taiwan choosing to invest in the state of tennessee and because of our great
01:10desire to strengthen the partnership and the bonds between taiwan and tennessee we have in fact signed
01:17memorandum of understanding with the ministry of economic affairs and made the commitment to
01:23open a full-time office in taiwan so that we can better understand the needs of the companies here
01:29and how we can be a better partner to to those in taiwan when they come to tennessee and i mentioned
01:37the generous people of taiwan when i made opening remarks one of the most valuable
01:43assets that companies from taiwan bring to the people of tennessee is the culture of taiwan and
01:53how that enhances the culture of tennessee so not only do we look forward to increased economic
01:59partnerships but we look forward to the partnership of cultures as the people and the beautiful people
02:07of this country become become accustomed to the people of tennessee
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