	taiwan sees its investment in u s rising sharply taiwanese investment in the u s is expected to nearly double to mln u s dlrs in calendar and rise to mln dlrs a year by a five year forecast by the economic ministry showed taiwanese investment in the u s last year totalled mln dlrs the ministry document said the investment was mainly in electronics trading food and service industries lee ming yi deputy director of the ministry s industrial development and investment centre said the forecast rise is due to planned government incentives and growing willingness among taiwanese to invest abroad lee told reuters the incentives to be introduced in may or june include bank loans and a reduction in capitalisation requirements for businesses seeking to invest in the u s to mln taiwan dlrs from mln he said the moves to encourage investment in the u s are part of taiwan s efforts to cut its  surplus with washington which rose to a record billion u s dlrs in from s billion taiwanese manufacturers can create jobs for americans and avoid import quotas if they set up plants in the u s he added reuter 
