Biden vows to protect Taiwan, launches Indo-Pacific trade pact
Headline from Christian Science Monitor
President Joe Biden launched a new trade deal with 12 Indo-Pacific nations Monday aimed at strengthening their economies. Mr. Biden also said the U.S. would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan. But the island nation was not included in the trade deal.
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President Joe Biden is expected to unveil a list of countries who will joining a long anticipated Indo-Pacific trade pact, but Taiwan won’t be among them. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan confirmed that Taiwan isn’t among the governments signed up for Monday’s launch of the Indo-P…
The framework is meant to establish Biden’s economic strategy for the region. Inclusion of the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which China claims as its own, would have irked Beijing.
The proposed pact is Biden’s substitute for rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement that former President Donald Trump abandoned on his third day in office.
President Joe Biden launched a new trade deal with 12 Indo-Pacific nations Monday aimed at strengthening their economies. Mr. Biden also said the U.S. would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan. But the island nation was not included in the trade deal.
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