US approves Taiwan deal amid moves to change sales approachJon Grevatt, ManilaJane's Defence Weekly
This tariff-first strategy pressured Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) into pledging $100 billion for five U.S. factories to avoid steep duties. Trump hailed this as proof of his approach's success. Yet, this shift — executed through direct negotiations with TSMC — raises questio...
the memo should be cause for caution, not celebration. The US "security guarantee" is unreliable, and the US has a long history of leveraging Taiwan as a pawn in its strategic competition with China, pressuring the island to increase defense spending on US weaponry — effectively turning it ...
“If the U.S. truly wants to solve the fentanyl issue, then the right thing to do is to consult with China on the basis of equality, mutual respect and mutual benefit to address each other’s concerns. If the U.S. has other agenda in mind and if war is what the U.S. wa...
"The U.S. administration's new approach to Taiwan will substantially complicate U.S.-China ties and make it much harder to an agreement on trade," the firm said. "A debate in Beijing is currently ongoing whether the U.S. is hoping to use Taiwan as leverage on trade issues or whether...
think tank last week, Burns said Washington has been consistent in its approach toward Taiwan and insists that “any resolution of the (cross-Taiwan Strait) differences has to be peaceful.” “We hope that the government here in China will commit itself to a peaceful resolution of the disp...
Zhu also responded to a media query about recent remarks by a soon-to-be undersecretary of the Pentagon that Taiwan's "defense budget" should approach 10 percent of its GDP, saying such remarks are aimed at selling more weapons to Taiwan to benefit the U.S. military-industrial complex.She...
The Taiwan question concerns China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Therefore, the new U.S. administration must approach it with prudence and refrain from actions that could undermine mutual trust or destabilize the broader bilateral relationship.For China and the United States, turning...
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He stressed that the US must seriously honor the one-China principle and take a clear-cut approach to oppose and contain "Taiwan independence" if it has intentions of upholding peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits. Kissinger said it should be fully recognized that the Taiwan question is...