US senator urges Trump to maintain support for Taiwan in Xi talks
Jeanne Shaheen, the senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has urged Donald Trump not to signal reduced US support for Taiwan during his planned talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. She made the appeal at the Concordia Summit in New York, according to the South China Morning Post.
US Senator Jeanne Shaheen has urged President Donald Trump not to indicate any retreat from support for Taiwan when he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, according to the South China Morning Post. Shaheen made the appeal on Monday while speaking at the Concordia Summit in New York. She said she hoped Trump would avoid saying anything during the talks that could suggest the United States was reducing its backing for Taiwan.
Shaheen is the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the panel that reviews US arms sales abroad, the report said. Her position gives her committee a role in scrutinising such sales, although the supplied material does not describe any specific pending decision. The warning comes as Xi is due to travel to Washington for talks with Trump.
The source material does not provide the dates, agenda or expected outcome of the meeting, nor does it report a response from the White House or Beijing. Shaheen’s comments, as reported, focused on the message Trump should send on Taiwan during his engagement with the Chinese leader. The senator’s broader views on the relationship between Washington and Beijing were not included in the available material.
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