Bill Text: NY K00290 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim May 12, 2021, as Taiwan Heritage Day in the State of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-05-12 - adopted [K00290 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-K00290-Introduced.html

Assembly Resolution No. 290

BY: M. of A. Ramos

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        May 12, 2021, as Taiwan Heritage Day in the State of
        New York

  WHEREAS,  The United States and the Republic of China (Taiwan) share
common ideals and a clear vision for the 21st century, where freedom and
democracy are the foundation for peace, prosperity, and progress; and

  WHEREAS, The U.S. Congress passed the landmark Taiwan Relations  Act
(TRA)  in  1979 to sustain a close bilateral relationship and to advance
mutual security and commercial interests between the  U.S.  and  Taiwan,
and  the  TRA  along  with Six Assurances have served as cornerstones of
U.S.-Taiwan relations and helped to preserve peace and stability in  the
Taiwan Strait; and

  WHEREAS, In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States and
Taiwan  signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on health cooperation
in August 2020  to  strengthen  ongoing  cooperation  on  global  health
security,  control  of  infectious disease, and the development of drugs
and vaccines, intended to battle the coronavirus and to  prevent  future
international health crises through further collaborations; and

  WHEREAS,  The  United  States and Taiwan share a long-term and close
economic relationship, including $85 billion in bilateral trade in 2019,
making Taiwan the 10th largest trading partner of the United States; and
it is encouraged for the U.S. and Taiwan  to  further  strengthen  their
bilateral  trade  and investment relationship by signing an Avoidance of
Double Taxation Agreement (ADTA) and a Bilateral Trade Agreement  (BTA);
and

  WHEREAS,  The  United States has assisted Taiwan in participating in
the World Health Organization (WHO), the  International  Civil  Aviation
Organization  (ICAO), and the International Criminal Police Organization
(INTERPOL),   and   will   continue   supporting   Taiwan's   meaningful
participation in these and other organizations; and

  WHEREAS,  The  State  of  New  York  exported  $898 million worth of
products to Taiwan in 2019,  making  Taiwan  the  18th  largest  foreign
market for the State of New York; and the bilateral trade and investment
have created over 10,000 jobs in the State of New York; and

  WHEREAS,  Many of the United States' top 500 companies headquartered
in New York have invested in  Taiwan,  while  more  than  300  Taiwanese
companies  have  invested  in  the  State  of  New York, contributing to
mutually beneficial relationship for decades; and

  WHEREAS, Taiwan has signed mutual driver's license recognition pacts
with 34 U.S. states since 2013,  and  more  than  16,000  Taiwanese  and
American citizens have taken advantage of the above-mentioned pacts; and

  WHEREAS, The State of New York is home to a thriving overseas ethnic
Chinese   community  that  supports  the  Republic  of  China  (Taiwan),
including the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent  Association  (CCBA),  the

Taiwanese  Chamber of Commerce of New York, Inc., the Chinese Chamber of
Commerce of New York, Inc., and the Taiwanese  American  Association  of
New  York, and that devotes itself to the harmony and development of the
State of New York; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim May 12, 2021, as Taiwan
Heritage Day in the State of New York; and be it further

  RESOLVED, That copies of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to  The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of
New York; Tsai Ing-wen, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan); and
James K. J. Lee, Ambassador of the Taipei Economic and  Cultural  Office
in New York.
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