much forjoining us. what was discussed with president tsai in these meetings. the partnership in these meetings. the partnership between i in these meetings. tue: partnership between our nations, notjust a security partnership, better economic partnership, better economic partnership and the opportunities to improve that. we talked about a wide range of issues. there is obviously a very real concern about china invading taiwan and so we talked about military deterrence. we also talked a lot about economic competition, we talked about trade issues and trade opportunities and we talked about our allies in the region. tt talked about our allies in the reuion. ., ~ talked about our allies in the reuion. . ~ ., region. if we talk about the threat of region. if we talk about the threat of a region. if we talk about the threat of a chinese - region. if we talk about the threat of a chinese attack l region. if we talk about the l threat of a chinese attack on taiwan, did president xi spe
earlier today, despite objections from china. mccarthy stressed the need to speed up arms deliveries to taiwan. china, which has long considered taiwan as part of its country, denounced the meeting, accusing the us of seeking taiwanese independence. it comes on the heels of other high profile summits, including then speaker of the house nancy pelosi s trip to taiwan last year. speaking after the meeting, mccarthy responded to warnings from china of escalating tensions. well, my first message to china, there is no need for retaliation. the one thing i will say to china, at no time, ims speaker of the house, there is no time that china is going to tell me where i can go and who can speak to, whether you be so all you befriend. the california visit is not the first stop on president tsai s trip. last week, she flew to new york where she met with three us senators. tsai then made her way to central america for official visits to guatemala and belize, two of taiwan s few allies