The foreign direct investment and trade are Increasing in Taiwan. The alternatives or complementary of foreign direct investment and trade relationship is no consistent conclusion in the trade theory, empirical results are also not coherent, and textiles industry is the most important industry in the economic development of Taiwan, and this study adopting the data of Taiwan's textile industry investment and trade will inspect the relationship between investment and trade. Empirical results reveal the following statement: 1. Textile industry investment and export trade volume has a positive relationship ,and it maintains that investment will promote Taiwan’s trade growth; 2. Textile industry investment and G-L index has a positive relationship, and it suggests that relationship between the textile industry and their foreign subsidiaries is vertical specialization; Accordingly, Taiwan's textile industry should actively develop new technologies, improving the quality and the competitiveness of Taiwan's textile industry. furthermore, enhancing the opportunities for industrial upgrading.