Greer Reassures Taiwan After Trump Links Arms Sales to China Negotiations

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has said there is no change in American policy on Taiwan, despite President Donald Trump’s recent comments linking arms sales to negotiations with China. Greer made the statement on ABC’s This Week program Sunday. He was responding to questions about Trump’s remarks following a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. “The most important thing that needs to happen is we need to have no change in the status quo in the Taiwan straits,” Greer told ABC. “There’s no change in American policy on Taiwan.” He added that Trump is “considering how to move forward” on a potential new arms package. Greer noted that previous presidents, including Barack Obama and George W. Bush, had also paused such sales at times....