The Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience (PIPIR) on Wednesday convened its second annual plenary meeting, the US Department of Defense said. Photo: BloombergThe conference reaffirmed the partnership’s commitment to accelerating defense industrial cooperation, the department said. Taiwan presented in an advisory capacity at the meeting, a department official told the Central News Agency. The conference featured a tabletop exercise aimed at identifying supply chain vulnerabilities and emphasized the need to accelerate the revival of arms production, Su said. Taiwan’s presence at the partnership’s meeting signaled a deepening in Taiwan-US supply chain cooperation, he said.

Source: Taipei Times March 21, 2026 17:15 UTC