Leon Wu
Deputy Director at Bureau of Foreign Trade, MOEA, Taiwan (ROC)- Claim this Profile
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Bureau of Foreign Trade, MOEA, Taiwan (ROC)
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Taiwan
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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Deputy Director
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Aug 2019 - Present
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First Secretary
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Jul 2013 - Present
Coordinated the Tenth and Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference.Negotiated for Australia’s and United Kingdom’s (ongoing) GPA Accessions, Liberia’s WTO Accession, Environment Goods Agreement, Service Domestic Regulation.Responsible for Intellectual Propriety Right, Service Trade, Trade and Environment issues.Active membership of ten subgroups, e.g. Friends of Intellectual Property and Innovation (FOII) and Friends of Trade & Climate Change.Made effective presentations on the regular bases in different WTO bodies to raise the awareness of key issues, for example, Innovation Incubators, Trade and Green Energy, MSMEs.Conducted outreach to Asian, African and Caribbean countries to co-sponsor the proposal to Capture the Digital Opportunities for MSMEs.
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Chairperson
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Nov 2014 - Present
Chair regular meeting.Facilitate Civil Aircraft trade dialogue.Expanded participation in this committee.Chaired the successful negotiations of the 2015 Protocol. Chair regular meeting.Facilitate Civil Aircraft trade dialogue.Expanded participation in this committee.Chaired the successful negotiations of the 2015 Protocol.
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Economic Secretary
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Aug 2011 - Jul 2013
Co-Developed CPT Single Window to digitalise custom clearance service, resulting in trade facilitation and simplification of import/export operations, which slashed WTO members' trade costs by an average of 14.3 per cent.Coordinated and facilitated bilateral Industrial Cooperation Summit between France and Taiwan.Promoted the international Industrial Cooperation in the field of green technology, sustainable transportation and energy.Worked with countries around the world such as India, France, Poland and New Zealand.
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Economic Secretary
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Aug 2005 - Jul 2011
Negotiated and successful Concluded the Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income between France and Taiwan.Organised regular conferences 100 plus delegates (France-Taiwan Industrial Cooperation Consultation Meeting and France-Taiwan Joint Business Council Meeting).Facilitated links between major French corporations and Taiwanese multinationals (Areva, Airbus and Veolia).Weekly reporting to the capital on the European Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products.Identified synergies between Taiwanese and French companies for example high tech textile manufactures and French fashion designers.Resolved trade disputes between various counterparts eg import/export companies, french custom and excise, health and safety issues.Extensive experiences of import/export across a wide variety of products.Worked with EU trade policies for over six years.Managed office’s account including payroll and general expenses.Initiated the emergency repatriation plan for overseas Taiwanese in Ivory Coast.Make the plan for the emergency repatriation as necessary depended how is the situation developed.
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Specialist
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Jan 2002 - Jul 2005
Assisted in trade negotiations with Vietnam, Cambodia, India and Bangladesh.Concluded Cambodia’ Accession Protocol to the WTO.Developed Strategic Trade Cooperation Policy to strengthen trade and investment ties with South Asian Countries.Drafted Action Plan to promote trade in the middle east countries after Iraq War.Assisted with coordination of an action plan to help stakeholders doing business in India, Bangladesh and other South Asian country.Coordinated India Business Opportunity Workshop.
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Overseas Community Affairs Council, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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Specialist
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Dec 2000 - Dec 2001
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Education
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National Taiwan University
Master of Arts - MA, China Study, Internaltional Relations and Sustainable Development -
National Taiwan University
Bachelor's degree, Political Science and Government -
National Scholarship on Sport Marketing and Management