China is making an attempt to point out the world this week that it may well isolate Taiwan, with a present of live-fire navy workouts and commerce restrictions. One non-military manner the U.S. can reply is by increasing financial and free-trade ties with the island democracy.
Beijing claims its escalations are a response to Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s journey to Taiwan this week. After assembly with President Tsai Ing-wen, the Home Speaker stated she mentioned “a commerce settlement that is perhaps potential and shortly.” That’s excellent news, and the Democrats now operating Washington might transfer with dispatch to assist Taiwan face up to China’s financial coercion.
