New Report Raises Alarm Over Trump’s Taiwan Policy Ahead of Beijing Trip

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US Senate Democrats are warning that US support for Taiwan could be at risk under President Donald Trump, according to a new report released before his planned trip to Beijing in March. The report says Trump may be willing to undermine support for Taiwan to appease Beijing and ease trade tensions. It also criticizes his comments on arms sales to Taiwan and his muted response to recent Chinese military exercises. The Trump administration pushed back, saying its has reversed decades of harmful economic policymaking.

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00:00A new report by U.S. Senate Democrats is sounding the alarm on the Trump administration's Taiwan policy.

00:06The report expresses concerns that President Trump is willing to undermine U.S. support for Taiwan to appease Beijing and

00:13reverse a trade war of his own making.

00:16A Trump spokesperson responded to the report in The Washington Post, saying the administration's policies had flipped the script on

00:23decades of foolish policymaking that damaged the U.S. industrial base.

00:27Democrats also say Trump's admission of discussing U.S. arms sales to Taiwan with Chinese President Xi Jinping violates policy

00:35in place since the Reagan administration.

00:37The report was released ahead of the planned Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing later this month.

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