# @scspai on YouTube

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- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=OQSR_o9MY5I
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- **Posted:** 2026-10-13T11:00:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Special Competitive Studies Project (@scspai) — https://gondola.cc/scspai

## Caption

In this episode of Strait Forward, host Channing Lee goes to the Taiwan Expo 2026 in Dallas, where more than 150 Taiwanese companies are showcasing Taiwan’s latest innovations in artificial intelligence, autonomous drones, robotics, semiconductor manufacturing, and more.

As economic ties between Taiwan and Texas continue to strengthen, Taiwanese firms are looking to the Lone Star State as a growing hub for investment and advanced manufacturing. TAITRA Chairman James Huang shares his perspectives on the future of U.S.–Taiwan trade, the opportunities for Taiwanese businesses in Texas, and the challenges of expanding into the American market. 

Channing also speaks with MICROIP’s Peter Wang, Gye Tay Machinery Works’s (GMW) Jacob Liao, and Iván Romo of SMarTsol Technologies, the supplier of Techman Robot, about their technologies and their plans to expand into the United States.

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00:00 Welcome to the Taiwan Expo in Dallas
01:33 Texas–Taiwan trade by the numbers
03:10 TAITRA Chairman James Huang: Why Texas?
07:24 Supporting small and medium-sized suppliers
10:27 The challenges of investing in the US
13:21 Land, energy, and trust
14:42 MICROIP's Peter Wang: AI systems and drones
21:18 GMW's Jacob Liao: Machines that make the motors
24:42 Iván Romo of SMarTsol Technologies: Techman Robot
31:12 Takeaways from the Expo
32:55 Next episode preview and Taiwan recommendation

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