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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