Televisions show a news broadcast of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan. 11. The Trump administration removed decades-old restrictions on interactions with Taiwanese officials just days before President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration. Credit: Bloomberg via Getty Images
As Pompeo Dumps Rulebook For U.S.-Taiwan Relations, Some See Trap For Biden By
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The U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands sent a jubilant tweet on Monday, claiming to have made some history today. He had welcomed Taiwan s de facto ambassador into the U.S. Embassy for a meeting.
For the past four decades, it s been generally off-limits for U.S. ambassadors to invite Taiwanese officials into embassies. Ever since the United States switched diplomatic recognition to Beijing from Taipei in 1979, America s relations with the government in Taiwan have been unofficial. To keep it that way, a complex and ever-changing set of rules has guided
The Trump administration has upended decades of diplomatic practice in U.S. relations with Taiwan. For the new president, "this is meant to be a trap," says a former Obama administration official.
State Department lifts all restrictions on government contacts with Taiwan Move signals closer ties to Beijing rival Follow Us
Question of the Day In this Sept. 21, 2020, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft speaks during a news conference at the U.S. State Department in Washington. According to the United States Mission to the United Nations, Craft will travel . more > By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times - Saturday, January 9, 2021
The State Department on Saturday ended restrictions on diplomatic and military contacts with Taiwan in a move designed to upgrade ties with the island state and end “appeasement of China.”
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Meet The Progressives Joe Biden Could Put In Key Foreign Policy Jobs
Activists sent the president-elect a list of 100 experts they say would help him craft a less hawkish U.S. approach highlighting their diversity and lack of corporate ties.
President-elect Joe Bidenhas now tapped his most important deputies on foreign policy: Tony Blinken for the State Department, Lloyd Austin for the Pentagon, Avril Haines as his director of national intelligence, and Jake Sullivan as his national security adviser at the White House. Next comes the crucial question of who
their deputies will be, a matter that is almost as important as Biden’s Cabinet-level choices because of how many decisions at key agencies are made below the level of the top boss.