TAIPIEI, TAIWAN (AP) – Republican and Democratic legislators made their first trip to Taiwan under the new Trump administration, Bipartisan, aimed at showing Taiwan and China that the American support for Taiwan’s defense remains wide, despite the rigorous words and increased rates, President Donald Trump, imposed for Taiwanese.
Taiwan leaders, in turn, assured the United States Republican Administration that they took in Trump complaints and act on them.
Many Asian-Pacific nations avoid criticism and reprisal prices of some of the European allies in the United States after Trump has slapped large prices from many countries around the world, including 32% for Taiwan.
Despite this blow, the conversations in Taiwan this week were “optimistic and prospective,” said Democratic Senator Chris Coons, who visited Taipei alongside two Republican senators. “I am optimistic that we are going to see a future strong chapter in American-taiwan relations,” he said.
Taiwanese said they were work quickly to conclude new commercial and investment transactions This is suitable for the Trump administration, in addition to the investment of $ 100 billion from the giant of the advanced seed this year only in the production of fleas in the United States.
American legislators also said Taiwan took lessons from Ukraine in his defense against Russia and Trump’s criticisms, and invests quickly to make their soldiers stronger, agile and less dependent on the United States as the strongest deterrent against China. This includes investment research with Americans on Drone Warfare.
Sense. Pete Ricketts and Coons, the Republican and Democrat in classification of the Senatorial Senatorial Relations Subcommittee in East Asia, spoke on Friday before discussions planned with President Lai Ching-Te, the Minister of Defense Wellington Koo and the national security adviser Joseph Wu. The republican senator Ted Budd is also traveling.
The mission comes at a time when a trade war was walking in the economy between the United States and China warned that China could go out in Taiwan, an autonomous island with dynamic democracy and the world’s leading production of the Most advanced semiconductors. China claims that Taiwan is its territory, to be resumed by force if necessary.
Trump has repeatedly accused Taiwan of “stealing” the United States computer flea industry. His criticism of Taiwan and his insistence last year according to which “Taiwan should pay us” for his defense, strengthened the concern that the United States, the strongest military partner of Taiwan, could decide not to get too involved if China should attack Taiwan.
The 32% tariffs in Taiwan included in Trump’s new prices on business partners this month surprised many Taiwanese, who thought that their government had been a real ally in Washington.
“Look beyond rhetoric and look at the action,” said Ricketts, repeating a watchword of Republicans on Trump’s statements.
After saying that he was not in a hurry to conclude trade agreements, the president said he thought he could Conclusion of talks “During the next three or four weeks.”
Another key American Asian partner, Japan, held its First cycle of pricing talks Between the best Washington negotiators on Friday, where the two parties agreed to try to reach an agreement as quickly as possible and to keep a second cycle of meetings later this month. However, experts say that the maintenance of a full range of agreements with dozens of nations that now awaits on Trump administration could take months or more.
Ricketts has cited the priority that the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, brought to help Asia-Pacific to take care against China. This understood to make the region one of the first he visited in power, said Ricketts.
Rracketts said Taiwan leaders had already contacted the commercial secretary Howard Lunick for negotiations, moving quickly in the 90-day break that Trump announced before the United States is starting to enforce new prices on most countries.
Lai, the president of Taiwan, is committed to increasing 3% military expenditure From its gross domestic product, against around 2.5%, which reached it almost a fifth of its overall budget.
Taiwan’s defense industry also produces advanced weapons of slight arms and anti-aircraft missiles.
“Of course, it is possible that Xi Jinping decides that this is the right time for the Chinese Communist Party To take aggressive measures, “ Coons said the Chinese president.
“I think it’s exactly the bad thing for them,” said Coons. “I think they would find an energetic and united response.”
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Knickmeyer reported Washington.
