Taiwan This Week

2025-0411: Taiwan’s Response Strategy to U.S. Tariffs; Colby Confirmed as U.S. Defense Policy Chief; Taiwan Among First for U.S. Tariff Talks

President Lai Outlines Strategy in Response to U.S. Tariffs Taiwan will rapidly expand procurement of U.S. goods and arms and remove…

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2025-0404: U.S. 32% Tariff on Taiwan; Countering China’s Claims Over Taiwan; Taiwan International Solidarity Act and Taiwan Allies Fund Act Reintroduced; China’s Military Drills Near Taiwan

Taiwan Criticizes U.S. 32% Tariff as “Unfair” and “Unreasonable” On April 3, Taiwan’s Executive Yuan criticized the United States’ newly announced 32 percent tariff…

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2025-0328: Senate Committee Passes Bill on Taiwan Guidelines Review; AIT Director Greene Reaffirms U.S. Support; Schriver Urges Stronger U.S. Military Training for Taiwan

U.S. Senate Committee Passes Bill to Review Taiwan Engagement Guidelines On March 27, the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations passed the…

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2025-0321: Bill Introduced to Refer to Taiwan as “Taiwan” Instead of “Chinese Taipei”; Trump Opposes Any Forced Change to Taiwan’s Status, Says Rubio; G7 Reaffirms Support for Taiwan

Rep. Donalds Introduces Bill to Refer to Taiwan as “Taiwan,” Not “Chinese Taipei” On March 14, U.S. Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) introduced…

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2024-0307: TSMC to Invest $100 Billion More in U.S.; Taiwan’s Fall Would Be “A Disaster,” Colby Says; Bill Introduced to Boost U.S.-Taiwan Travel

Trump, TSMC Announce Additional $100 Billion Investment in U.S. Semiconductor Expansion On March 3, U.S. President Donald Trump and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing…

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2025-0228: Rubio Reaffirms U.S. Opposition to Forced Change in Taiwan’s Status; Bill Introduced to Review U.S.-Taiwan Engagement Guidelines; Resolution to Counter China’s Distortion of UN Res. 2758

Rubio: U.S. Opposes Any Forced or Coercive Change to Taiwan’s Status On February 26, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reaffirmed the…

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2025-0221: U.S. Drops Wording on Not Supporting Taiwan Independence; U.S., Japan, ROK Highlight Taiwan Strait Peace; Canada’s Taiwan Strait Transit

U.S. State Department Removes Website Wording on Not Supporting Taiwan Independence On February 13, the U.S. State Department updated its website’s fact…

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2025-0214: Taiwan to Boost Defense Spending to Over 3% of GDP; Trump, Ishiba Call for Taiwan Strait Peace; First U.S. Taiwan Strait Transit Under Trump’s 2nd Term

President Lai Pledges to Raise Taiwan’s Defense Spending to Over 3% of GDP Taiwan’s government aims to increase defense spending to…

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