10月9日於會議室舉行「美國總統大選對於歐盟之影響」座談會，歐盟前資深官員/駐美國代表團經濟與財經小組組長特別顧問Moreno Bertoldi先生與本會會長林永樂、呂慶龍大使、葛光越大使、高安副院長與賴維中公使一起就此議題深入交流。
座談會中，Bertoldi先生就歐盟基本情況逐一簡介，接著觸及美國大選，分析兩黨候選人如果當選對歐盟的利弊，並提及美國大選對兩岸關係之影響，本會與會人士亦提出對應觀點，雙方交流熱絡，使原定2小時的座談，逾時約1小時，欲罷不能。

A symposium on "The Impact of the US Presidential Election on the European Union" was held in the conference room on October 9
A symposium on "The Impact of the US Presidential Election on the European Union" was held in the conference room on October 9. Mr. Moreno Bertoldi, former senior EU official/Special Advisor to the leader of the Economic and Financial Group of the Delegation to the United States, and our president Lin Yongle and Ambassador Lu Qinglong , Ambassador Ge Guangyue, Vice President Gao An and Minister Lai Weizhong had in-depth exchanges on this issue.
During the symposium, Mr. Bertoldi introduced the basic situation of the EU one by one, and then touched on the US election, analyzing the pros and cons for the EU if the candidates of the two parties are elected, and mentioned the impact of the US election on cross-strait relations. Participants of this conference also put forward corresponding views. The exchanges between the two parties were so lively that the originally planned two-hour discussion was overdue by about one hour, and I couldn't stop.