Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “U.S.-Taiwan Defense Innovation Partnership Act”.
U.S.-Taiwan Defense Innovation Partnership Act
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a strategic partnership with the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense to coordinate defense industrial priorities, expand defense technology cooperation, deter regional adversaries, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Strategic partnership on defense industrial priorities between the United States and Taiwan
The Secretary of Defense shall seek to establish a partnership between the Department of Defense and appropriate counterparts of Taiwan in order to—
enhance market opportunities for United States-based and Taiwan-based defense technology companies;
bolster Taiwan’s defense industrial base;
harmonize global security posture through emerging technology;
counter the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese Communist Party-aligned adversarial proxy group development of dual-use defense technologies; and
in coordination with appropriate counterpart offices of the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense—
enable coordination on defense industrial priorities;
streamline emerging defense technology research and development;
create more pathways to market for defense technology startups; and
collaborate on the coordinated development of dual-use defense capabilities, such as the following:
Drones.
Microchips.
Directed energy weapons.
Artificial Intelligence.
Missile technology.
Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance technology.