TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan (AmCham Taiwan) on Wednesday (Sept. 21) released a booklet titled “Taiwan Matters for America/America Matters for Taiwan” focusing on the multi-faceted ties between the U.S. and Taiwan and how important each country is to one another.

A launch event was held on Capitol Hill in the Rayburn Building of the House of Representatives, which saw Taiwan Congressional Caucus leaders from both chambers, Taiwan’s deputy representative in Washington, and approximately 100 friends and supporters of the U.S. and Taiwan, according to an AmCham Taiwan press release.

The booklet was published by the East-West Center, which is an education and research organization based in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Taiwan Matters booklet is the latest project by AmCham in its efforts to “highlight the economic, security, people-to-people, and various other relations between the U.S. and its partners in the Indo-Pacific.” Aside from economics and political matters, it covers educational exchanges and other programs that boost mutual understanding, AmCham Taiwan said.

“AmCham Taiwan was honored to play a small part in bringing this compact but information-rich volume into print,” AmCham Taiwan Senior Adviser Don Shapiro said.

“Given the breadth and depth of Taiwan’s contributions to public health, democratic practice, youth education and technological advancement in the past few years, alone, Taiwan Matters for America is a timely assessment of an important U.S. partner and global player.”