{"id":1588977,"date":"2022-08-04T12:25:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T16:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1588977"},"modified":"2022-08-04T12:25:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T16:25:57","slug":"white-house-reportedly-pushing-dems-to-halt-pro-taiwan-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-reportedly-pushing-dems-to-halt-pro-taiwan-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Reportedly Pushing Dems To Halt Pro-Taiwan Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-reportedly-pushing-dems-to-halt-pro-taiwan-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1588977&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden\u2019s administration is reportedly pushing Democrats to halt a pro-Taiwan bill amid increased tensions between the U.S. and China, Bloomberg reported Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/press\/chair\/release\/menendez-graham-introduce-comprehensive_legislation-to-overhaul-us-taiwan-policy\">bipartisan bill<\/a> was introduced by Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, who chairs the Foreign Relations Committee, and Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham in mid-June. The legislation bills itself as \u201cthe most comprehensive restructuring of U.S. policy towards Taiwan since the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979\u201d and includes a proposal to designate the country as an official major non-NATO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">\u201cSpecifically, the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022\u00a0creates a new initiative to bolster Taiwan\u2019s defense capabilities, providing almost $4.5 billion in security assistance over the next four years,\u201d a press release from Menendez and Graham on the bill reads. \u201cThe bill also bolsters support for Taiwan\u2019s democratic government; provides additional support for Taiwan\u2019s participation in international organizations and in multilateral trade architecture; takes concrete steps to counter PRC\u2019s aggressive coercion and influence campaigns; creates a Taiwan Fellowship Program; and designates Taiwan as a Major Non-NATO Ally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson alluded to the administration\u2019s concerns in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-08-03\/white-house-lobbies-democrats-against-bid-to-deepen-taiwan-ties#xj4y7vzkg\">statement to<\/a> Bloomberg, arguing that it \u201cwould contradict and undermine\u201d the longstanding U.S. policy of recognizing the \u201cOne China\u201d policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do have concerns with elements of this bill which would contradict and undermine the United States government\u2019s longstanding one China policy and contravene the President\u2019s constitutional authorities to determine the United States\u2019 position on the status of Taiwan and to determine the manner of diplomatic communications with representatives of Taiwan,\u201d Watson said in the statement.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7493940\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7493940\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7493940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-04T025015Z_809226116_RC2EPV9F8W6O_RTRMADP_3_ASIA-PELOSI-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"A man reads a Global Times article about military exercises by the Chinese People&#039;s Liberation Army (PLA) following U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#039;s Taiwan visit, at a newspaper stand in Beijing, China, August 4, 2022. REUTERS\/Thomas Peter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-04T025015Z_809226116_RC2EPV9F8W6O_RTRMADP_3_ASIA-PELOSI-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-04T025015Z_809226116_RC2EPV9F8W6O_RTRMADP_3_ASIA-PELOSI-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-04T025015Z_809226116_RC2EPV9F8W6O_RTRMADP_3_ASIA-PELOSI-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-04T025015Z_809226116_RC2EPV9F8W6O_RTRMADP_3_ASIA-PELOSI-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-04T025015Z_809226116_RC2EPV9F8W6O_RTRMADP_3_ASIA-PELOSI-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-04T025015Z_809226116_RC2EPV9F8W6O_RTRMADP_3_ASIA-PELOSI-2048x1366-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7493940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man reads a Global Times article about military exercises by the Chinese People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) following U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s Taiwan visit, at a newspaper stand in Beijing, China, August 4, 2022. REUTERS\/Thomas Peter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy \u2013 a Senate Foreign Relations Committee member \u2013 also noted that \u201cthe White House has significant concerns,\u201d Bloomberg reported. Murphy added that he shares these \u201csignificant concerns\u201d and that, particularly given current tensions between the U.S. and China, it may not be \u201cthe moment to throw out 40 years of policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Murphy admitted that it is sensible for the U.S. \u201cto draw closer to Taiwan,\u201d according to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the Biden Administration is apparently concerned about the impacts that the bill would have on the U.S. policy of strategic ambiguity towards Taiwan, Bloomberg reported, citing \u201cpeople familiar with the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recognizing the \u201cOne China\u201d policy, the U.S. acknowledges that the Chinese government is the only government, but still has an unofficial relationship with Taiwan. The U.S. government also typically takes an ambiguous viewpoint regarding military intervention in Taiwan, though in May the president suggested he\u2019d consider intervening militarily should China invade.<\/p>\n<p>That comment was soon <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/24\/joe-biden-us-policy-taiwan-hasnt-shifted\/\">walked back<\/a> by both administration officials and the president himself, who argued \u201cthe policy has not changed at all\u201d despite his remark.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal also comes amid increased tensions between the U.S. and China after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier this week. The visit, which was expected but unconfirmed prior to her landing, prompted threats from China.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. in return stressed that Pelosi\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/02\/nancy-pelosi-lands-taiwan-threats-china\/\">visit<\/a> did not mark any change in policy. John Kirby, the White House Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/01\/biden-john-kirby-taiwan-policy-nancy-pelosi-trip\/\">highlighted<\/a> that they \u201coppose any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/01\/martha-maccallum-john-kirby-pelosi-trip-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018I Find That Hard To Believe\u2019: Martha MacCallum Presses Kirby On Pelosi\u2019s Reported Trip To Taiwan)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s administration is reportedly pushing Democrats to halt a pro-Taiwan bill amid increased tensions between the U.S. and China, Bloomberg reported Thursday.The bipartisan bill was introduced by Democratic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1588977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1588977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1588977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1588977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1588977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}