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這次的台灣旅行法，不僅法律位階提高、兩黨高度共識，並已經在眾院無異議通過。在挺進參院委員會後，要完成立法就剩最後一步了。

We therefore recommend that the US administration dispatch US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao (趙小蘭) to Taiwan to oversee US-Taiwan civil aviation cooperation, especially in areas where Taiwan and the US need to coordinate on ICAO standards and routinize information exchanges.

FAPA強烈建議美應派交通部長趙小蘭訪問台灣，監督美台民用航空合作，尤其是在台灣和美國需要協調ICAO標準和將訊息交流常態化的地區；甚至應考慮派駐一名交通官員駐台專司此職。一旦台海的現狀因此遭破壞，台北與華府都應該要立刻採取行動。

參與國際組織的困境，台灣年復一年必須重新面對的難題。聯合國大會七十二屆常會在數週前已經開跑，或許現在正是時機，重新檢視台灣參與世界衛生大會的策略。

If Taiwan’s representatives have been effective and have been able to convince their counterparts to support Taiwan’s bid for an observer status in the WHA, then Taiwan would have passed the first hurdle to regaining observer status in the assembly.