October 2020 | Vol. 50 | Issue 10 Restructuring supply chains Amid COVID-19, a haven for talent CONTENTS NEWS AND VIEWS 6 President’s View AmCham Taipei Takes Action in Support of a BTA OCTOBER 2020 VOLUME 50, NUMBER 10 By Leo Seewald 一○九年十月號 7 Editorial Moving Toward a BTA with the U.S. Publisher 發行人 往台美雙邊貿易協定邁進 Leo Seewald 李豪 Editor-in-Chief 總編輯 8 Taiwan Briefs Don Shapiro 沙蕩 Deputy Editor 副總編輯 By Jeremy Olivier Jeremy Olivier 歐嘉仁 Art Director/ 美術主任/ Production Coordinator 後製統籌 COVER SECTION Katia Chen 陳國梅 Manager, Publications Sales & Marketing 廣告行銷經理 Transforming the Energy Mix 改變能源結構 Caroline Lee 李佳紋 Translation 翻譯 By Timothy Ferry Kevin Chen, Andrew Wang 陳又銘, 王先棠 20 Renewables Industry American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei Faces Environmentalist 129 MinSheng East Road, Section 3, 7F, Suite 706, Taipei 10596, Taiwan Challenges P.O. Box 17-277, Taipei, 10419 Taiwan Tel: 2718-8226 Fax: 2718-8182 Environmental activists aim e-mail:
[email protected] website: http://www.amcham.com.tw to ensure that Taiwan’s green 名稱:台北市美國商會工商雜誌 energy revolution is truly 發行所:台北市美國商會 environmentally sustainable. 臺北市10596民生東路三段129號七樓706室 電話:2718-8226 傳真:2718-8182 14 Offshore Wind Projects But will their efforts slow down Taiwan Business Topics is a publication of the American Taiwan’s energy transition? Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, ROC. Contents are Face a Series of Challenges independent of and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Officers, Board of Governors, Supervisors or members. 22 Natural Gas to the Rescue © Copyright 2020 by the American Chamber of Commerce The COVID-19 pandemic has in Taipei, ROC.