Canada's top trade envoy in Taipei, Marie-Louise Hannan, reflects on four decades of Canada-Taiwan ties, growing LNG and offshore wind cooperation, and why Prime Minister Mark Carney's case for middle-power democracies resonates with Taiwan's own search for agency in a fractured world.
Episode highlights:
00:00 Launching a new diplomat interview series
02:44 Arriving in China in 1989, before the Tiananmen incident
09:31 Dr. Mackay and the roots of Canada-Taiwan ties
12:26 Taiwan as a top Indo-Pacific trade partner
15:05 Energy dependence and the case for Canadian LNG
20:37 Inside Canada's first ever Indo-Pacific Strategy
26:59 Carney's Davos speech and middle-power democracies
31:00 Life in Taipei: food, family, and safety
Host: Kwangyin Liu, Deputy Managing Editor, CommonWealth Magazine
Guest: Marie-Louise Hannan, Executive Director of Canadian Trade Office in Taipei
Producers: Yayuan Chang, Weiru Wang
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