Impact Of Taiwan Research Articles

The Impact of Taiwan’s Status on US-Chinese Relations Under President Joe Biden

The international standing has an impact on the strategic importance of the country in its relations with other regional and international countries. The strategic position of Taiwan has an impact on the US-Chinese relations, as it is one of the most important issues that raise dispute between the two countries. The while the Chinese consider Taiwan is an ancient legacy of their republic, and an integral part of it, the Americans consider it as an area linking the U.S. to the Asia-Pacific region, through which it intends to help its allies (Japan and South Korea). Moreover, Taiwan has huge economic importance as it is one of the largest manufacturers of electronic chips and semiconductors. This fact represents one of the most important issues of disagreement between the United States, which seeks to seize these delicate materials in its delicate industries, and China, which is trying to monopolize them to be the only country producing these materials, because it owns 5% of the electronic chip industries, and Taiwan owns 75% of its industries in the world. If the Chinese succeed in returning Taiwan, they will acquire thin industries at a rate of 80% of the total industries in the world.

Impact of Taiwan's 2021 COVID-19 lockdown on the symptom severity and quality of life of patients with narcolepsy.

COVID-19 lockdowns can influence the sleep quality and daytime condition of patients with narcolepsy. Using data from our cohort study, we investigated changes in the quality of life and the symptom severity of patients with narcolepsy during Taiwan's 2021 lockdown and investigated differences by narcolepsy subtype, sex, and age. Patients with type 1 and type 2 narcolepsy (NT1 and NT2, respectively) aged 6-40years were retrospectively recruited from our narcolepsy cohort study. These patients were regularly evaluated using the Short Form 36 Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36), the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), the visual analog scale (VAS) for hypersomnolence, the VAS for cataplexy and sleep diary. We compared the differences between the lockdown and the prelockdown periods by narcolepsy subtype, sex, and age. We used a paired t test analysis to compare differences in the SF-36, ESS, VAS scores and data of sleep diary between the prelockdown and lockdown periods (p1), and an independent t test analysis was used to compare the changes in different subgroups between the prelockdown and lockdown periods (p2). A total of 120 patients with narcolepsy were recruited (mean age 24.22 ± 6.87years; 58% male); 80 of the patients had NT1 (mean age 25.25 ± 6.79years; 60% male) and 40 had NT2 (mean age 22.16 ± 6.64, 53% male). During the lockdown period, the ESS score of total patients was decreased (p = 0.039) and body mass index was increased (p = 0.02). The NT1 group decreased significantly (p1 = 0.017), especially in men (p1 = 0.016) and adults (p1 = 0.04); scores for the VT domain of the SF-36 increased significantly in male and adult patients with NT2 (p1 = 0.048 and 0.012). Additionally, male patients with NT2 exhibited significantly decreased scores in the physical and emotional role functioning domains (p1 = 0.028, 0.024). The children and adolescents with NT1 had significantly decreased scores in the general health domain of the SF-36, but no significant change was noted in that of adults (p1 = 0.027, p2 = 0.012). We observed both negative and positive impacts of Taiwan's 2021 lockdown on patients with narcolepsy. A more flexible but structured daily routine with adequate sleep time should be considered for this population during lockdown and nonlockdown periods.

Disease burden due to COVID-19 in Taiwan: Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) with implication of Monte Carlo simulations

BackgroundThe novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected a large number of countries. Informing the public and decision makers of the COVID-19′s economic burdens is essential for understanding the real pandemic impact. MethodsCOVID-19 premature mortality and disability impact in Taiwan was analyzed using the Taiwan National Infectious Disease Statistics System (TNIDSS) by estimating the sex/age-specific years of life lost through death (YLLs), the number of years lived with disability (YLDs), and the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) from January 2020 to November 2021. ResultsTaiwan recorded 1004.13 DALYs (95% CI: 1002.75–1005.61) per 100,000 population for COVID-19, with YLLs accounting for 99.5% (95% CI: 99.3%99.6%) of all DALYs, with males suffering more from the disease than females. For population aged ≥ 70 years, the disease burdens of YLDs and YLLs were 0.1% and 99.9%, respectively. Furthermore, we found that duration of disease in critical state contributed 63.9% of the variance in DALY estimations. ConclusionsThe nationwide estimation of DALYs in Taiwan provides insights into the demographic distributions and key epidemiological parameter for DALYs. The essentiality of enforcing protective precautions when needed is also implicated. The higher YLLs percentage in DALYs also revealed the fact of high confirmed death rates in Taiwan. To reduce infection risks and disease, it is crucial to maintain moderate social distancing, border control, hygiene measures, and increase vaccine coverage levels.

Reassessing Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy: Does it Really Work?

The research purpose of this article is to explore and analyze the reason and impact of Taiwan's "New Southbound Policy". The results of the study show that although Tsai Ing-wen has always insisted on promoting the development of the "New Southbound Policy" since she came to power in 2016 and hopes to use it to reduce the high economic dependence on mainland China and expand Taiwan's political survival space on the international stage, but in essence, the "New Southbound Policy" did not achieve Tsai Ing-wen's original goal. On the contrary, the economic ties between Taiwan and the mainland are still deepening and consolidating. From a certain perspective, the implementation of the "New Southbound Policy" has indeed promoted Taiwan's economy toward diversification and has achieved multi-level economic development. However, based on the huge economic volume of mainland China, as mainland China releases the control of the Covid-19 epidemic, many companies in Taiwan will not be able to ignore the re-communication and connection with the mainland economy. The economic ties between the two sides will remain close for a long time to come.

The impact of Taiwan\u2019s implementation of a nationwide harm reduction program in 2006 on the use of various illicit drugs: trend analysis of first-time offenders from 2001 to 2017

BackgroundAfter implementing a nationwide harm reduction program in 2006, a dramatic decline in the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among people with injection drug use (IDU) was observed in Taiwan. The harm reduction program might have sent out the message discouraging the choice of IDU among illicit drug users in early stage. Based on the yearly first-time offense rates from 2001 to 2017, this study aimed to examine (1) whether the nationwide implementation of the harm reduction program in 2006 led to changes in first-time offenders’ use of heroin; (2) whether the intervention had a similar effect on the use of other illicit drugs; and (3) whether the effect of the intervention was limited to the first-time offenders of young age groups.MethodsYearly first-time illicit-drug offense rates from 2001 to 2017 in Taiwan were derived from two national databases for drug arrests that were verified using urine tests: the Criminal Record Processing System on Schedule I/II Drugs and the Administrative Penalty System for Schedule III/IV Substances. A hierarchy of mutually exclusive categories of drug uses was defined by the drug with the highest schedule level among those tested positive in an arrest. Segmented regression analyses of interrupted time series were used to test for the impact of the 2006 intervention.ResultsThere was a decrease of 22.37 per 100,000 in the rate for heroin but no detectable level changes in that for methamphetamine or ecstasy after the 2006 intervention in Taiwan. There were baseline decreasing trends in the first-time offense rate from 2001 to 2017 for heroin and ecstasy and an increasing trend for methamphetamine, with the slopes not altered by the 2006 intervention. The postintervention decrease in the first-time offense rate for heroin was detectable among offenders less than 40 years old.ConclusionsOur results indicate a diffusion effect of the 2006 intervention on decreasing heroin use among young offenders and have policy implications for better prevention and treatment for different age groups.

The Impact of “Product Planning and Design” and “Sales Ability” on Financial Performance by Taiwan-Listed Construction Companies: an Intervening Variable of Macro Environmental Factors

With the rapid change of the macro environmental factors, the operation and organization of Taiwan's overall construction industry has also been greatly affected. In addition, looking back on the past the companies often encounter the phenomenon of Real Estate Bermuda Effect. Are the key factors for the successful operation of Taiwan's publicly-listed construction companies-good Sales Ability (SA) and Product Planning and Design (PD) can better respond to the above-mentioned adverse environmental changes? This study mainly aims to verify the impact of Taiwan's publicly-listed construction company's Sales ability (SA) and Product planning and design (PD) on Financial performance (FP) by using Macro environmental Factors (ME) as an interference variable. In this study, the population was sampled by Purposive Sampling and the directors or above as the research interview object. In addition, this study used the database of Taiwan Economic Journal (TEJ) to obtain the company's EPS information, and Linear Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to verify the fitting effect of the Whole model, Structural model and Measurement model.The results show that Taiwan's publicly-listed construction company’s Sales Ability (SA) and Product Planning and Design (PD) , both of which have positive effects on Financial Performance (FP) respectfully, but not significant; however, adding the Intervening variable of Macro Environmental Factors (ME), both has a positive and significant interactive effect on Financial Performance (FP). This means that Macro environmental factors (ME) plays a very important positive impact role in promoting Financial Performance (FP), but Financial Performance (FP) is also affected by the aggregation of other factors such as both of Sales Ability (SA) and Product Planning and Design (PD) which were combined or to be considered at the same time.This finding can be used at least as a reference for the business decision makers of Taiwan publicly-listed construction companies as sustainable business management and development.

Does environmental engineering help rural industry development? Discussion on the impact of Taiwan\u2019s \u201cspecial act for forward-looking infrastructure\u201d on rural industry development

This study investigated the impact of environmental engineering on existing venues, venues and operations management. First, the literature analysis and field survey method are used to summarize the current situation of the venue. Then, 420 questionnaires are collected for statistical verification analysis, combined with the interview method to understand the deepest feelings of the people, and finally discussed with a multi-inspection method. The researcher believes that although environmental construction can improve infrastructure and human quality of life, which, after all, are experiment after completion. If, before construction, a good communication channel; obtaining consensus from the people and businesses; acquiring precise information; spraying water to reduce dust; increasing the height of the peripheral fence; planning a substitutive plan; avoiding crowds; reducing mistakes in the process; avoiding influencing the water and electricity supply and soil, water, and environment sanitation; and planning for a substitutive route and parking space with subsidy for damages are not possible, a negative image will be produced, willingness to spend will be reduced in the people due to the blocking of the view by the building (75%), the billboard will lose its functionality (63.2%), and inconvenience will be caused by the line of movement (75%) and parking space (55.9%), which are not helpful for development.

Taiwan’s new southbound policy: the cooperation and exchanges of human resources and the impacts on the education cooperation between Taiwan and Vietnam

The economic boom in the 1970s has allowed Taiwan to rise as one of the ``four dragons'' in East Asia. In the late 1990s, the Taiwanese government set up a ``Go South policy'' to strengthen and expand the relationships in trade and investment between Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam. The results gained from the process of implementing the ``Go South policy'' have paved the way for the birth of the ``New Southbound Policy''. In 2016, President Tsai Ing-wen initiated the ``New Southbound Policy''. This policy is people-centered, actively promotes bilateral exchanges and cooperation between Taiwan and countries in Southeast Asia and South Asia in the fields of human resources, manufacturing, and investment. education, culture, tourism, agriculture..., in which special attention is paid to cooperation in education - training and high-level human resource exchange. This policy will create significant impacts on Vietnam's overall relationship with Taiwan, especially in the field of education and human resource development. In Taiwan's perception, Vietnam is the first choice because this is a country with stable economic development, large market ownership and diverse consumer demand. On that basis, the paper focuses on the formation and implementation of Taiwan's ``New Southbound Policy'' on human resources development. In addition, the article assesses the impact of Taiwan's ``New Southbound Policy'' on the present and future cooperation between Taiwan and Vietnam in the field of education.

Important Employment Factors of MICE Talents in Taiwan

MICE—Meeting, Incentive, Convention, and Exhibition—is also called the MICE Industry. The development of the MICE industry not only affects its surrounding industries, but also Taiwan's universities have gradually set up departments related to the MICE industry, such as exhibition, conference, sightseeing, hospitality, leisure, hotel, hotel management, tourism service, tour guide, etc. to train talents. Therefore, the education and training of tourism and MICE professionals has become the focus of attention in the industry currently. This study analyzed the current situation of the MICE industry and the impact of Taiwan's MICE education on MICE talents based on the literature review, with the aim of integrating the current situation of Taiwan's MICE industry and clarifying the current situation of MICE education and talents in Taiwan.

Perceived Impact of Taiwan's National Health Insurance Allocation Strategy: Health Professionals' Perspective.

Studies on health care demand have indicated high levels of public satisfaction with Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI). However, the global budget allocation mechanism (GBAM) used by NHI has led to various adjustments in the providers’ way of practice, quality of care, utilization of care, and health expenditure. Studies focusing on the satisfaction of providers with health care supply, however, remain limited. We therefore explored the provider’s perceived impact of the NHI allocation plan. A cross-sectional data of 299 health professionals was collected at Taipei Medical University Hospitals in April 2012. Perceptions and attitudes were assessed using a validated 5-point Likert-type questionnaire before using a structural equation modeling technique to explore the complex interrelationships of the NHI’s perceived impact. The causal path relationships between the latent variables ‘characteristics of NHI’s allocation plan’ and ‘perceived positive effect’ (β = 0.39), ‘perceived positive effect’ and ‘satisfaction of health professionals’ (β = 0.53), and between ‘characteristics of NHI’s allocation plan’ and ‘satisfaction of health professionals’ (β = 0.30) were positively associated; while the path relationships between the latent variables ‘perceived negative effect’ and ‘satisfaction of health professionals’ (β = −0.27) and ‘characteristics of NHI’s allocation plan’ and ‘attitude toward allocation criteria’ (β = −0.22) were negatively associated. These results indicate that providers perceived a positive impact of the NHI allocation strategy. The NHI allocation plan is an important decision-making tool among policy makers since it helps optimize outcomes. Research based on its impact at both horizontal and vertical levels on the supply side may be useful towards understanding Taiwan’s GBAM. Policy-makers should therefore consider understanding the impact of GBAM at both the demand and supply side in adjusting allocation criteria.

Engineering a World Class University? The Impact of Taiwan’s World Class University Project on Scientific Productivity

High profile, university excellence initiatives are becoming increasingly popular national R&D policies globally, with 23 nations implementing some form of an excellence initiative from 1995 to 2013. While differing in tactics, their common strategy is to fund accumulated advantage in science productivity, intentionally stimulating a world-class university among selected best universities to lift their capacity to compete internationally with the world’s most research-intensive universities. Here a ten-year difference-in-differences statistical evaluation of rates of scientific publications of Taiwan’s much-publicized, university excellence initiative “World Class University Project” yields findings unanticipated by the policy design. Significant financial resources provided to the selected and designated “World Class Universities” (WCUs, treatment group) did increase their volume and rate of publication of scientific papers overall and in more prestigious journals, but not at the policy’s anticipated accelerated rate. Also, interestingly the non-selected, less research-intensive universities (control group) also increased their publication rate in parallel and sometimes more than the WCUs over the same period. A possible diffusion effect of institutional norms, greater inter-institutional competition, and isomorphism around science productivity generated by the implementation of the policy is examined and discussed in light of the global spread of university excellence initiatives.

Study on the impact of Taiwan's deposit and loan market competition on the risk bearing of the bank

The “third financial reforms” in Taiwan set off a wave of merger and reorganization of the banking. In this paper, by constructing the Lerner Index of commercial bank deposit and loan market, it is found that the degree of competition in the loan market of commercial banks in Taiwan is decreasing, and the competition degree of the deposit market is rising. Based on the balance panel data of Taiwan's commercial Banks from 2012 to 2014, the paper empiricised the impact of the competition on the bank's deposit and loan market on its risk-taking behavior after the “third financial reform”. The research conclusion shows that :(1) the competition of commercial bank loan market and its risk bearing are”U”type relationship; (2) the deposit market competition can significantly reduce the risk of commercial Banks; (3) the assets scale of commercial Banks has contributed to the relationship between their “deposit market forces --financial fragility”; (4) the capital of commercial Banks can effectively enhance the degree of the loan market forces’ inhibition of bank risk behaviors.

The Impact of Taiwan’s Urban-renewal Policies, Laws and Decrees on Urban Redevelopment and Urban Disaster Prevention

Highly developed cities dating from 1970s of Taiwan have recently encountered a set of problems commonly known as urban decay, resulting in the relocation of urban business districts and high levels of out-migration. This study examines the impact of the various urban-renewal policies, laws and decrees that have been enacted to remedy this situation, as well as the effects of these measures on urban disaster prevention. Based on historical data, textual analysis and field research, it concludes that these governmental strategies, while important to the goal of urban renewal, have also been the cause of new urban-development problems such as traffic congestion, extreme population density, and deficiencies in the amount open space. This is traced to a lack of integration of large-scale development goals and strategies with specific urban-renewal areas’ plans Part of the problem appears to be that the Taiwanese government usually adopts only a floor area incentive strategy to promote public participation. The authors recommend that it deploy a more diverse array of strategies, including but not limited to tax incentives, accelerated renewal processes, and regional rewards. The authors also highlight how real-estate development enterprises’ design strategies and quality-control processes for residential construction can serve the goals of urban disaster prevention as well as urban renewal.

The PLA and Taiwan Policy under Xi Jinping: One Joint Actor without Its Own Agenda

After the Chinese Communist Party’s 18th Party Congress was held in the fall of 2012, frequently asked questions were: Is Xi Jinping able to rein in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and what is the state of Chinese party-military relations? What are the implications of this status for the PLA in China’s Taiwan policy-making? What is the potential impact of Taiwan’s leadership transition on China’s Taiwan policy and on the PLA’s role?This author argues that through a stick and carrot approach, Xi has become the leader of China, and has been able to rein in the PLA. His proactive and assertive approach in the context of China’s growing capabilities has empowered him to control the discourse of Taiwan policy. In these circumstances, the PLA will continue to be one joint actor within the relevant apparatus executing Taiwan policy without its own agenda. Uncertainty as a result of the ruling party rotation in Taiwan is unlikely to change the PLA’s role.

Factors affecting adoption of smart meters in the post-Fukushima era in Taiwan: an extended protection motivation theory perspective

ABSTRACTThis study aims to understand factors influencing the intention to adopt smart meters (SM) to save energy in the face of expected increases in electricity costs, stemming from the impact of Taiwan’s plans to increase the proportion of renewable energy in the post-Fukushima era demand. As far as we know, compared to previous relevant studies based on constructs of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and attitudes, this study is the first one based on the application of protection motivation theory (PMT), which uses threat appraisal, coping appraisal, Social Influence, Secondary Data Influence constructs, and control variables to explain the correlation and impact of residential communities’ intention to adopt SM. With 292 valid questionnaires, this study applies SmartPLS 3 software in model analysis, and finds that the impact of coping appraisal variables is more significant than that of threat appraisal variables, while Secondary Data Influence, Age, and Electricity Cost variables have a significant influence on the intention to adopt SM. The relevant results and practical contributions are discussed.

Patients with Epididymo-Orchitis and Meteorological Impact in Taiwan: A Nationwide Population-Based Study.

Background. Epididymo-orchitis is a common infectious disease among men, especially men aged 20 to 39 years. The aim of this study was to analyze possible associations of various meteorological indicators on the incidence of epididymo-orchitis in Taiwan. Methods and Materials. This nationwide population-based study collected data on cases of epididymo-orchitis that were newly diagnosed from 2001 to 2013 in Taiwan. Monthly meteorological indicators, including average temperatures, humidity, rainfall, total rain days, and sunshine hours, were collected from the Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan. Data for a total of 7,233 patients with epididymo-orchitis were collected for this study. Results. The monthly incidence of epididymo-orchitis was positively correlated with temperature, rainfall, and sunshine hours. The average monthly temperature had a linear correlation with the incidence of epididymo-orchitis (ß = 0.11). The monthly average temperature is significantly related, with a positive linear correlation, to the incidence of epididymo-orchitis in Taiwan. Conclusion. This finding may constitute useful information in terms of helping physicians to distinguish between patients with epididymo-orchitis and testicular torsion in hot or cold weather.

PMS7 - Evaluation of Health Care Costs and Utilization Patterns for Patients with Gout in Taiwan

As recommended in a recent review, there is a critical need for economic studies of gout that use large patient datasets, particularly in non-US countries. In addition, despite the higher incidence rate of gout in Taiwan compared to other countries, little is known about gout’s economic impact in Taiwan. Therefore, this study aims to examine the healthcare costs and utilization patterns for patients with gout in Taiwan from the perspective of the national health insurance. The National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) was used to identify gout patients, and gout-free controls were matched with cases at a 1:3 ratio by age, gender, residential areas, and Charlson Comorbidity Index scores. Gout cases were defined as having (1) two primary or secondary diagnoses of gout on separate medical claims in 2011 or (2) one diagnosis of gout plus at least one gout-related pharmacy claim in 2011. Medical utilization and costs within the 365 days following the index date were assessed for both cases and controls. All costs were in new Taiwan dollars (NTDs). A total of 21,376 gout patients met the inclusion criteria and were matched with 64,128 controls. Compared to controls, gout patients had more outpatient visits (mean: 31.8 vs. 22.8), more inpatient visits (mean: 1.8 vs. 1.7), and more emergency department (ED) visits (mean: 1.9 vs. 1.7). The mean (median) all-cause outpatient, inpatient, and ED costs of the cases were $34,815 ($20,162), $101,526 ($40,839), and $5,640 ($2,634), respectively. The mean (median) all-cause outpatient, inpatient, and ED costs of the controls were $30,068 ($12,802), $92,489 ($38,103), and $5,626 ($2,708), respectively. Patients with gout had higher all-cause healthcare utilization and costs compared with matched gout-free patients. These results could be useful both in future economic evaluations and as a starting point for efficiently and appropriately allocating healthcare resources.

An analytic framework for social life cycle impact assessment—part 1: methodology

This study aims to develop a new framework of social life cycle impact assessment (SLCIA) method based on the United Nations Environment Program/Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (UNEP/SETAC) Guidelines for analyzing the social impact in Taiwan, particularly in the electronics industry. After reviewing the literature on social life cycle assessment (SLCA), we analyzed existing case studies and developed SLCIA methods based on the UNEP/SETAC Guidelines. We thereafter identified stakeholders, subcategories, and indicators in accordance with the current status of SLCA case studies and opinions from ten experts in the Taiwanese electronics industry. Both quantitative and semi-quantitative indicators were subsequently proposed to assess the social impact of workers in the Taiwanese electronics sector. Each indicator was given the score of 1 to 5 by classifying the social impact percentage of nine scales. To formulate an analytic framework for SLCIA, the weighting values of each subcategory and indicator were determined using the consistent fuzzy preference relations (CFPR) method. Seven subcategories and 19 qualitative and quantitative indicators of worker stakeholders for the electronics sector were identified based on the UNEP/SETAC Guidelines. A score of 1 to 5 is assigned to each quantitative indicator by classifying the social impact percentage of nine scales. The data obtained from companies for each quantitative indicator were subsequently transformed into social impact percentage in terms of the statistical data on social situations at the country or industry level. With regard to semi-quantitative indicators, three implementation levels of management efforts on social performance within five elements were identified. The CFPR method was then employed to determine the weights of each indicator by ten experts. Results indicated that preventing forced work practices, protecting children from having to work, and providing minimum and fair wages for workers are the three most important indicators for assessing social impact. A new SLCIA method that incorporates both quantitative and semi-quantitative indicators was proposed for assessing social impact in the electronics sector in Taiwan. Nine quantitative indicators can be easily organized using available social data from government statistics as performance reference points (PRPs) to determine the social impact exerted by companies. The relative weights were determined to allow for an impact assessment and thus solve the limitation of their currently assumed equal weights. The proposed framework is examined to analyze the social impact of three production sites for semiconductor packaging and manufacturing in Taiwan.

The effect of managerial overconfidence on the market timing ability and post-buyback performance of open market repurchases

This paper investigates whether managerial overconfidence has an adverse impact on the market timing ability and post-buyback performance of open market repurchases, and whether corporate governance can mitigate the adverse impact in Taiwan. We find that managerial overconfidence raises the repurchase cost implying an adverse impact on the market timing ability of share repurchases. The repurchasing firms with overconfident managers experience poorer short-run announcement return and long-run stock performance than those without overconfident managers because of the poorer market timing ability and the higher repurchase cost. However, corporate governance mitigates the adverse impacts of managerial overconfidence on the market timing ability and post-buyback performance of repurchases.

The Impact of Taiwan's TPP Accession on Canada

This paper analyzes the impact on Canada’s economy of Taiwan’s accession to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement. While the TPP is to be concluded by the twelve current negotiating parties, it will allow accession by other regional economies, consistent with APEC’s endorsement of the TPP as a “pathfinder” approach to an FTAAP, which contemplates APEC economies that are ready to do so proceeding faster than others in deepening trade relations. Taiwan has clearly signaled its interest in acceding to the agreement. The approach in this study includes descriptive analysis of the commercial relationship between Taiwan and Canada and an analysis of the impact of Taiwan’s accession using computable general equilibrium model simulations that take in to account tariff liberalization, preference under-utilization and utilization costs, liberalized rules of origin, reduction of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) on goods and on cross-border services, and liberalization of foreign direct investment in services and the resulting implications for services trade through foreign affiliates (“commercial presence” or “Mode 3” services trade in WTO terminology). The liberalization assumptions are based on “best guesses” as to what the TPP agreement and the terms of Taiwan’s accession would actually be. The study concludes that Taiwan’s accession would generate over $20 billion of economic welfare gains for the incumbent TPP12 parties while Taiwan would enjoy a 2.8% increase in real GDP and $29 billion in economic welfare gains. For Canada, Taiwan’s TPP accession has some small structural/sectoral effects but no significant net impact on GDP or economic welfare. The results reported here suggest that Taiwan may need a “Canada strategy” to support its accession bid.