H.R. 4860 — U.S.-Taiwan Defense Innovation Partnership Act

This section directs the Secretary of Defense to seek to establish a strategic partnership between the Department of Defense and appropriate Taiwan counterparts to (1) enhance market opportunities for U.S.- and Taiwan-based defense technology companies; (2) bolster Taiwan's defense industrial base; (3) harmonize global security posture through emerging technology; and (4) counter Chinese Communist Party and aligned proxy development of dual-use defense technologies. The partnership must, in coordination with Taiwan Ministry of National Defense offices, (A) enable coordination on defense industrial priorities; (B) streamline emerging defense technology research and development; (C) create more pathways to market for defense technology startups; and (D) collaborate on dual-use defense capabilities such as drones, microchips, directed energy weapons, artificial intelligence, missile technology, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance technology.