Top US economic official to visit next week: reportBy Sherry Hsiao and Angelica Oung / Staff reportersUS Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment Keith Krach is to visit Taiwan to host an economic dialogue next week, online media outlet ETtoday reported yesterday, although government officials refused to confirm a schedule. The ETtoday report said that Krach is scheduled to visit from Thursday to Saturday next week and host a US-Taiwan Economic and Commercial Dialogue, citing anonymous sources. Asked yesterday about Krach’s visit, the AIT said that it could not confirm the schedule. “The US Trade Representative [USTR] and the Department of State are in charge of different things. The USTR is the body we talk to about the TIFA, while the state department talks to us about strategic cooperation,” she said, adding that the state department is in charge of the economy and energy.

Source: Taipei Times September 10, 2020 15:56 UTC