EU to cohost GCTF meeting todayBUSINESS FOCUS: Germany’s envoy to Taiwan is to participate in the meeting, which is to revolve around the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on the global economyBy Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterThe EU today for the first time is to join Taiwan, the US and Japan to host a meeting of the Global Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The virtual meeting would focus on supply chain restructuring, and financing for small and medium-sized enterprises, Department of North American Affairs Director-General Douglas Hsu (徐佑典) told a news briefing in Taipei. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of North America Affairs Director-General Douglas Hsu speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Asked whether “supply chain” refers to the semiconductor industry, Hsu said that the meeting would discuss industrial supply chains generally, without a focus on specific sectors. Pompeo on April 1 tweeted a photograph of a meeting with Representative to the US Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) at the Twin Oaks estate in Washington.

Source: Taipei Times April 13, 2021 15:56 UTC