118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4004 
AN ACT 
To approve and implement the Agreement between the Amer-
ican Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and 
Cultural Representative Office in the United States re-
garding Trade between the United States of America 
and Taiwan, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States-Taiwan 
Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Imple-
mentation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) As a leading democracy, Taiwan is a key 
partner of the United States in the Indo-Pacific re-
gion. 
(2) The United States and Taiwan share demo-
cratic values, deep commercial and economic ties, 
and strong people-to-people connections. Those links 
serve as the impetus for expanding engagement by 
the United States with Taiwan. 
(3) Taiwan is the eighth-largest trading partner 
of the United States and the United States is the 
second-largest trading partner of Taiwan. 
(4) Since 2020, the United States and Taiwan, 
under the auspices of the American Institute in Tai-
wan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural 
Representative 
Office 
in 
the 
United 
States 
(TECRO), have held an economic prosperity part-
nership dialogue to enhance economic and commer-
cial ties between the United States and Taiwan, in-
cluding with respect to supply chain security and re-
siliency, investment screening, health, science, and 
technology, and the digital economy. 
(5) On June 1, 2022, the United States and 
Taiwan launched the United States-Taiwan Initia-
tive on 21st-Century Trade to deepen our economic 
and trade relationship, advance mutual trade prior-
ities based on shared values, promote innovation, 
and support inclusive economic growth for workers 
and businesses. 
(6) On August 17, 2022, the United States and 
Taiwan announced the negotiating mandate for for-
mal trade negotiations under the United States-Tai-
wan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade and agreed to 
seek high-standard commitments. 
(7) Article I, section 8, clause 3 of the Con-
stitution of the United States grants Congress au-
thority over international trade. The President lacks 
the authority to enter into binding trade agreements 
absent approval from Congress. 
(8) Congressional approval of the United 
States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade 
First Agreement will ensure that the agreement, and 
the trade relationship between the United States and 
Taiwan more broadly, will be durable. A durable 
trade agreement will foster sustained economic
growth and give workers, consumers, businesses, 
farmers, ranchers, and other stakeholders assurance 
that commercial ties between the United States and 
Taiwan will be long-lasting and reliable. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is— 
(1) to approve and implement the Agreement 
between the American Institute in Taiwan and the 
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office 
in the United States regarding Trade between the 
United States of America and Taiwan, done on June 
1, 2023; 
(2) to strengthen and develop economic rela-
tions between the United States and Taiwan for our 
mutual benefit; 
(3) to lay the foundation for further coopera-
tion to expand and enhance the benefits of the 
Agreement; and 
(4) to establish transparency and consultation 
requirements with respect to Further Agreements. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
AGREEMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Agreement’’ 
means the Agreement between the American Insti-
tute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cul-
tural Representative Office in the United States re-
garding Trade between the United States of America 
and Taiwan approved by Congress under section 5. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Finance of the Sen-
ate; and 
(B) the Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives. 
(3) FURTHER AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Fur-
ther Agreement’’ means— 
(A) any trade agreement, other than the 
Agreement approved by Congress under section 
5, arising from or relating to the August 17, 
2022, negotiating mandate relating to the 
United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Cen-
tury Trade; or 
(B) any nonministerial modification or 
nonministerial amendment to the Agreement. 
(4) NEGOTIATING
TEXT.—The term ‘‘negoti-
ating text’’ means any document that proposes the 
consideration, examination, or adoption of a par-
ticular element or language in an international in-
strument.