Note:
(a) The report is available to the public.
(b) Print is slightly different from the online version, The following are changes in print:
(i) deleting the paragraph: " 'US officials often have conversations with Taiwan interlocutors * * *
(ii) deleting the paragraph: " 'If the Taiwan government were to force TSMC to drop Huawei as a customer, the stock market would react unfavourably,' he [Randy Abrams] said.
(iii) rewriting a paragraph which becomes: "Eric Sayers, vice-president at Beacon Global Strategies, a security advisory firm in Washington, said he expected the US to increase scrutiny if advanced chip exports to China from countries such as Japan and South Korea.
(iv) Switching the order of the preceding paragraph, which becomes the first of the three paragraphs, whose remaining two are as follows.
"Taipei declined to comment on the US demands. [the rest of this paragraph was deleted. starting here]Alex Huang [黃重諺], Ms Tsai's spokesman, would only confirm that the US had discussed technology industry issues of mutual concern. 'Taiwan's technology industry strictly respects international rules and continues to co-operate with major countries including the US,' he added.
"Industry experts remain sceptical that Washington can force Taiwan's hand. The Trump administration's campaign to convince other countries to ban Huawei from their 5G networks has had patchy success.
Note: Quotation (a) mentions 台湾人才发展协会. But Taiwan does not have 人才发展协会 (in traditional Chinese). Moreover, the English-langyage press release of AIT says "Association for Talent Development." Further, Association for Talent Development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_for_Talent_Development
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