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China-US relations: pushing against Beijing, Washington lawmakers plan pro-Taiwan bill
- This week, Democratic and Republican leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Asia subcommittee will introduce the Taiwan Peace and Stability Act
- New bill does not advocate a move away from the long-standing US stance of ‘strategic ambiguity’ despite calls from hawkish members of Congress
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Democratic and Republican members of the United States House of Representatives will introduce legislation this week seeking to boost US support for Taiwan, part of an effort in Congress to take a hard line in dealings with China.
Representatives Ami Bera and Steve Chabot, the Democratic and Republican leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Asia subcommittee, will introduce the Taiwan Peace and Stability Act, a measure “to support the diplomatic, economic and physical space” of the self-governing island.
“Hopefully, we’re able to pass something in a bipartisan way on the House floor,” Bera said in a telephone interview. “I think this is an area where we can hopefully speak with one voice.”
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Bera said he expected much of the Taiwan Act eventually to be included in the Eagle Act, a sweeping bill on dealings with China that Representative Greg Meeks, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced last month.
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