The U.S. House of Representatives on May 5 passed a new bill requiring the U.S. State Department to review its policies concerning diplomatic interactions with Taiwan.
Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), the bill’s sponsor, cast her legislation—the Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act—as a way to curb the Chinese communist regime’s aggressive stance toward Taiwan.
“Taiwan is a strong partner of the United States, and we cannot and we will not let the Chinese Communist Party threaten our allies and assets in the Indo-Pacific,” she said when introducing the bill in February. “The Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act will deepen the relationship between our countries and will signal to the world that the United States will never kowtow to Communist China.”…