Taiwan’s defence industry is struggling to enter the US defence global supply chain, despite its procurement of billions of dollars of US equipment over the past 20 years.
An effort to improve Taiwan’s role in the US defence global supply chain was made on 10 May during the Taiwan-US Defense Business Forum in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung.
The conference was sponsored by the Washington-based US-Taiwan Business Council and by the Taoyuan-based Taiwan Defense Industry Development Association. It consisted of shipbuilding, cybersecurity and aerospace industry discussions from top players.
Taiwan defence industries want to broaden their participation in the