Virtual Event
Taiwan Legal: What Do Trade Agreements Say About Taiwan?
Thursday, November 6, 2025 | 7:30 – 8:30 PM (ET)
Featuring: Pasha L. Hsieh, Lee Kong Chian Professor of Law, Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law
Co-sponsored by the U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI) of New York University School of Law
About the event:
The contested polity of Taiwan is poor in official diplomatic relationships but rich in economic ones. Although the Republic of China, the official name of Taiwan’s government, has diplomatic relations with only twelve states, it has investment agreements with thirty-three states and free trade agreements with nine. It’s also a member of the WTO and several multilateral economic rule-setting bodies. In this installment of our occasional speaker series, “Taiwan Legal,” Professor Pasha Hsieh of Singapore Management University will discuss whether trade and investment agreements convey “implied recognition,” and whether Taiwan’s strong economic ties make its legal identity more robust.
For earlier talks in this series, see Richard Bush on “What does US law say about Taiwan?” (recording here and written excerpts here); Peter Dutton on “What does international law say about Taiwan?” (recording here and written excerpts here); Jacques deLisle on “What does the United Nations say about Taiwan?” (recording here and written excerpts here); Yu-Jie Chen on “What does ROC law say about Taiwan?” (recording here and written excerpts here); Bing Ling on “What does PRC law say about Taiwan?” (recording here and written excerpts here); and Julian Ku on “What does international law say about defending Taiwan?” (recording here).
