Ministry expects two new R&D agreements in EUBy Meryl Kao / Staff reporterThe Ministry of Economic Affairs yesterday said it expects to sign two additional memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with European countries this year to promote research-and-development (R&D) collaboration under the A+ Corporate Innovation and R&D Enhancement program. The planned collaborations with two additional European countries would mainly focus on laser technology and another technology listed under Taiwan’s 10 major artificial intelligence (AI) projects, Kuo said. Department of Industrial Technology Director-General Kuo Chao-chung, center, and other guests pose for a photograph at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Liao Chia-ning, Taipei TimesThis year, the government aims to secure 25 international collaborative R&D projects under the program, he said. Taiwan has reached out to 14 EU countries and secured 86 projects so far since the program was launched in 2014, he said.
