A bipartisan group of eight US senators urged President Donald Trump to move forward with a $14 billion arms package for Taiwan and reaffirm US support for the island ahead of his summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. The letter, dated May 8 and released Monday, said the approved package is “vital to our own national interests” and called for a clear message that US support for Taiwan is “inviolable.” A US official said no policy shift on Taiwan is expected at the summit, though the

A bipartisan group of eight US senators urged President Donald Trump to move forward with a $14 billion arms package for Taiwan and reaffirm US support for the island ahead of his summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. The letter, dated May 8 and released Monday, said the approved package is “vital to our own national interests” and called for a clear message that US support for Taiwan is “inviolable.” A US official said no policy shift on Taiwan is expected at the summit, though the issue may be discussed. The senators also cited Taiwan’s newly passed $25 billion defense budget and warned that a conflict would have broad economic consequences for the US.