Washington, January 19 (CNA) Taiwan has asked the US to buy billions of dollars worth of arms and create more jobs through semiconductor investments to appease US President-elect Donald Trump, according to US academics. It is said that it should be created.
Thomas J. Shattuck, senior program manager at the Perry World at the University of Pennsylvania, said Taiwan is the most likely to alleviate President Trump’s frustrations and alleviate concerns that President Trump will use Taiwan as a bargaining chip. These two methods seem to be the most effective.” The House Policy Research Center told CNA last month.
“Closing a multibillion-dollar package[of U.S. arms purchases]within the first six months” would be a “great way” for Taiwan to signal to President Trump that the president-elect’s concerns have been heard. said experts in China and Taiwan. Said.
Shattuck cited the fact that Taiwan’s defense budget exceeds the NATO target of 2% of GDP for NATO members requested by President Trump, noting that Taiwan is “more committed to its own defense than any U.S. NATO ally.” “We need to remind President Trump that we are paying a lot of money,” he said. It was “rumored” before.
President Trump, who will be inaugurated for his second term as US president on Monday (US time), said during the campaign that Taiwan must “pay for our defense” because it “stole our chip business.” .
Shattuck said Taiwanese lawmakers were “a little fearful” about Trump’s second term, since the Republican president did not make such “denunciations” during his first term, which ran from 2017 to 2021. That’s what it means.
However, Shattuck asserted that “Mr. Trump and his team understand the strategic nature of keeping Taiwan as Taiwan and keeping our alliance strong.”
Mr. Shattuck said that the Trump administration’s nominations of “very pro-Taiwan” figures to key positions in the administration, such as nominating Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state, meant that Taiwan would be “close to China over the next four years.” It further suggests it won’t be “sold out in a big trade deal,” Shattuck said. Said.
“If great power competition between the US and China continues, Taiwan will not be sold out on the first or last day of office,” the expert continued.
Shattuck, who is also a non-resident fellow at the Global Taiwan Institute and the Foreign Policy Research Institute, suggested that “Taiwan is corralling China” because of its geographic location.
He said that given America’s strategic interests in the region, the U.S. government would not entertain “an agreement with any country to abandon their country, abandon their land, or do anything.” He suggested that it should be discouraged.
