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发帖数: 897 | 1 The mayor of Taoyuan confirmed rumors on Wednesday that US president-elect
Donald Trump was considering constructing a series of luxury hotels and
resorts in the northwest Taiwanese city.
A representative from the Trump Organization paid a visit to Taoyuan in
September, expressing interest in the city's Aerotropolis, a large-scale
urban development project aimed at capitalizing on Taoyuan's status as a
transport hub for East Asia, Taiwan News reports.With the review process for
the Aerotropolis still underway, Taoyuan's mayor referred to the subject of
the meeting as mere investment speculation. Other reports indicate that
Eric Trump, the president-elect's second son and executive vice president of
the Trump Organization, will be coming to Taoyuan later this year to
discuss the potential business opportunity.
Trump's globe-spanning business ventures have drawn criticism for their
potential to create conflicts of interest while he is in office. Although
the President and Vice President are exempted from federal conflicts of
interest law, almost every office-holder in the past 50 years has turned
over their assets to be managed by an independent trustee after being
elected. Under this financial arrangement, called a "blind trust," the
president would have no knowledge of the trustee's actions or investments,
allowing him to make decisions with a higher degree of impartiality.
However, President-elect Trump has broken with this tradition through his
pledge to turn over management of his company to his children Ivanka, Eric
and Donald Jr. after he assumes office. While Trump and his children have
still referred to this arrangement as a "blind trust," this decision has
several obvious flaws, mainly that it is not "blind" at all. Adding to this
ethical quagmire is the Trump childrens' presence on their father's White
House transition team, which recently asked the government if the family
members could receive top security clearance.
While Mr. Trump's inauguration is still a few months away, his practices of
nepotism and attachment to his business don't seem to be waning anytime soon.
In the meantime, we'll have to wait and see what Trump's business interests
mean for future US-Taiwan relations. While no one really knows how the
president-elect will manage cross-strait policy, most experts believe that
Trump taking office could harm Taiwanese exports considering his
isolationist rhetoric during the campaign, in which he vowed to bring jobs
back to the United States. |
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