EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - NOVEMBER THROUGH

UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 001454 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN/ECC - JFRIEDMAN, ACHURCH, NJOHANSON, AND ROWEN STATE FOR EAP/TC - NTALBOT, DPARKER, TMANN STATE FOR ISN/MTR - PDURHAM, SBOYER, JMAYES, AND RPALMIERO DHS/CBP/INA FOR RGONZALEZ DOE/NNSA/INECP FOR TPERRY AND SJONES E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW SUBJECT: EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - NOVEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER 4, 2009 ¶I. BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: ¶1. (U) On November 9, the Advisor met with two researchers of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to get a status report on ITRI's study on Taiwan establishing a nonproliferation-focused non-governmental organization (NGO). ITRI officials said the report is close to being completed, and includes comprehensive analyses of KOSTI (South Korean NGO) and CISTEC (Japanese NGO). ¶2. (U) On November 19, Advisor submitted the 2009 Performance Plan and Report for Taiwan to the F Bureau. During Fiscal Year 2009, EXBS conducted eleven training programs. Through these programs, EXBS reached approximately 330 Taiwan industry representatives and trained over 100 Taiwan officials. ¶3. (U) On November 20, EXBS Coordinator attended a MOEA Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) seminar on SHTC export controls. Approximately 250 Taiwan company representatives attended the seminar. During the opening remarks, BOFT Chief Secretary Wang Jien-Ping emphasized the importance of adopting internal controls and complying with international export control standards. Editor Roger Chang of the SHTC Task Force demonstrated the Internal Control Program software hosted on BOFT's website. Chang stated that, with EXBS support, BOFT held four deployment workshops, and plans to hold three additional workshops in early 2010. ¶4. (U) On November 24, the Advisor spoke at an Export Administration Regulations seminar in Seoul organized by South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy. Approximately 130 U.S. and Korean company representatives attend the seminar. (SBU) On the margins of the seminar, the Advisor met with representatives of the Taipei Mission in Seoul and KOSTI. The meeting was to get additional background information on how and why KOSTI was established. ¶5. (U) From December 2 - 3, the Advisor attended the 2009 International Symposium on Combating Human Trafficking and Transnational Money Laundering hosted and funded by Taiwan's Training Institute for Judges and Prosecutors. Officials from the Vietnam Ministry of Justice, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Geneva Court of Appeals, and a professor from Japan's Hakuoh University School of Law were speakers. During the program, the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office announced that Taiwan revised its money laundering statute to include provisions on terrorism financing. II. TRAINING CONDUCTED DURING REPORTING PERIOD: None III. UPCOMING TRAINING: ¶1. (U) The Advisor is working with ISN/ECC to schedule additional Internal Control Program Deployment Workshops. ¶2. (U) A Commodity Identification Instructor Training, implemented by the Department of Energy, is notionally scheduled for the first week of March 2010. ¶3. (U) A WMD Investigation and Prosecution Training, implemented by the Department of Justice, is notionally scheduled for late January/early February 2010. ¶4. (U) An International Air Cargo Interdiction Training (IACIT), implemented by Customs and Border Protection, is scheduled for March 2010 at JFK Airport, New York. A follow-on IACIT will take place in Taiwan a short time after the JFK program. IV. UPCOMING MEETINGS: ¶1. (U) On December 17, BOFT is holding a Machine Tools Identifications Training for its officials. This program is supported by Japan. The Advisor and EXBS Coordinator are planning to attend. ¶V. RED FLAG ISSUES: None. POC for this report is Mi-Yong Kim, EXBS Advisor. Telephone +886 2 2162 2347. STANTON