Ambassador Roy Lee, on March 4, was invited as a panelist to speak at the session "De-risking Critical Supply Chains: A Case for EU-Taiwan Cooperation" at the IDEASLAB, an annual flagship event organized by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS).
Ambassador Lee defined "de-risking" as reducing reliance on countries that may weaponize economic dependence while ensuring that critical supply chains remain resilient and secure. He shared Taiwan’s experiences and highlighted the strong complementarity and alignment between Taiwan and the EU in terms of supply chain resilience, stressing that closer collaboration would yield long-term benefits for both sides.
The session mainly explored how the EU can collaborate with like-minded partners such as Taiwan to mitigate risks in critical supply chains and assure the steady supply of key products and technologies amid intensifying global competition.
Other panelists included Miriam Lexmann, Member of the European Parliament; Joris Teer, Research Analyst at the EU Institute for Security Studies; Chun-Yi Lee, Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK; and Professor Emeritus John Zysman at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. Each provided unique perspectives on de-risking, strengthening supply chain resilience, and opportunities for EU-Taiwan cooperation in key industries such as semiconductors.
