by admin on January 26, 2010
I was on another segment of American Public Media’s Marketplace with Scott Tong. Here is the link for this episode and to listen go here.
China and Taiwan have started what could be historic trade talks. Proponents of a trade deal say it could create Taiwanese jobs and ease barriers for Taiwanese companies in the China market. Scott Tong reports.
SCOTT TONG: Proponents say a trade deal could create a quarter-million jobs in Taiwan. Taiwanese insurance companies, banks and auto parts makers would face lower tariffs and other barriers in the vast China market.
Taiwan-based businessman Mark Forman says the island territory needs the new business; its longtime old customer isn’t buying.
MARK FORMAN: The American customer demand will probably never see the levels that it did prior to the almost implosion that we had last year. So I think it behooves Taiwan to have a lot more access to the China market.
by admin on December 17, 2009
Mark Forman our company president was recently interviewed by Marketplace’s Scott Tong. You can get the whole story here and listen to the program here. Below is an excerpt from the their site.
Taiwan forging ahead as IT
Taiwanese company Acer’s mini laptop is the top brand for netbooks this holiday season, and the brand’s overall success is just one indicator of the strength of Taiwan’s tech sector. Scott Tong reports.
But there’s another titan next door. China has already sucked away factory assembly jobs, so Taiwan’s challenge is to create service jobs, like designing computers and branding them. The risk is having good ideas stolen by China, where the mean joke is that R&D stands for “receive and duplicate.”
Mark Forman runs the Taiwan manufacturing firm Marlin and Sons:
MARK FORMAN: That’s like I lend you my key, you open my door for me, you go ahead and make a copy. And then when you give me my key back, it doesn’t really make a difference does it? Because now you can open that door any time you want.
