Laura Davison
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The kind of the underpinning of the U.S.-Taiwan relationship is this military relationship.
The U.S.
is Taiwan's main military backer, and Taiwan is worried that if the U.S.
is no longer as dependent on Taiwan, that that could change the balance of that relationship.
However, a win for Taiwan here is they did get this agreement finalized before Trump's scheduled meeting to go to meet with Xi Jinping.
In April, this was a concern that, you know, if this deal was still out and really open for negotiation, that, you know, Xi Jinping could get Trump to back down on some of these key things that the Taiwanese want.
The underpinning of the US-Taiwan relationship is this military relationship.
The US is Taiwan's main military backer, and Taiwan is worried that if the US is no longer as dependent on Taiwan, that could change the balance of that relationship.
However, a win for Taiwan here is they did get this agreement finalized before Trump's scheduled meeting to go to meet with Xi Jinping.
In April, this was a concern that, you know, if this deal was still out and really open for negotiation, that Xi Jinping could get Trump to back down on some of these key things that the Taiwanese want.
The underpinning of the U.S.-Taiwan relationship is this military relationship.
The U.S.
is Taiwan's main military backer, and Taiwan is worried that if the U.S.
is no longer as dependent on Taiwan, that that could change the balance of that relationship.
However, a win for Taiwan here is they did get this agreement finalized before Trump's scheduled meeting to go to meet with Xi Jinping.
in April.
This was a concern that, you know, if this deal was still out and really open for negotiation, that Xi Jinping could get Trump to back down on some of these key things that the Taiwanese want.
You know, we're starting to see, you know, Republicans really come out.
Against some of the tariffs, there was a lot of vote no, hope yes yesterday among House Republicans in terms of, you know, wanting to see this, you know, not wanting to stand out and specifically rebuke the president.
But they're recognizing that there's a messaging issue with voters that, you know, voters are not happy with the economy.