DEFENSE READINESS: The bill, introduced by Senator Marco Rubio, urges the US to bolster the protection of military assets stationed in the Indo-Pacific regionBy Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter
Two US senators on Thursday introduced a bill to significantly enhance support for Taiwan, including provisions for billions of US dollars in security assistance and changes to a decades-old law undergirding Washington’s unofficial ties with Taipei.
The US, which accuses China of ramping up military coercion toward Taiwan, is its main supporter and arms supplier, a point of increasing friction between Washington and Beijing, whose relations are already at their lowest point in decades.
The senators’ draft Taiwan policy act threatens severe sanctions against China for any aggression against Taiwan and would provide US$4.5 billion in foreign military financing over the next
CROSS-PARTY SPONSORSHIP: The US Senate bill would pave the way for a training program to increase armed forces interoperability between Taiwan and the US/ Reuters, WASHINGTON