To be ratified, the text, which Taipei describes as “historic”, now has to be approved by the Senate and signed by the US president.
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved an agreement to strengthen US economic ties with Taiwan, a vote that risks angering Beijing.
To be ratified, the text, which Taipei describes as “historic”, now has to be approved by the Senate and signed by the US president.
Specifically, the agreement, signed on June 1, aims to increase trade between the US and Taiwan by harmonizing customs controls, streamlining a series of regulations and creating anti-dispute mechanisms.
Following the creation of a 1994 “framework” for trade and investment, the US is the island’s main trading partner — and the biggest arms supplier to its military.
Washington and Taipei began talks on that deal in 2022, defying Beijing.
As China regards Taiwan of some 24 million people as its province, it remains to be reunited with the mainland after the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949.
And he sees with growing discomfort the strained relationship between Taiwanese authorities and the US, which has provided the island with military support for decades despite not having diplomatic relations with it.
Source :Skai
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