US President Trump signs Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act into law｜Taiwan News

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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed the Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act into law. This means that the US State Department will be required to review and update, every five years, its guidelines on official US interactions with Taiwan. Foreign Minster Lin Chia-lung welcomed the decision, and called it a great step forward for Taiwan-US relations. Let’s find out more.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed the Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act into law, which requires the US State Department to review and update guidelines on official US interactions with Taiwan every five years.

Lin Chia-lung
Foreign Minister
This is the first Taiwan-friendly bill that the Trump administration signed into law. Earlier there were some US-skeptic voices. Let’s just leave it as that.

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung welcomes the law, and believes that it would enable official engagement between Taiwan and the US. That would be a breakthrough ever since the US severed formal diplomatic relations.

Lin Chia-lung
Foreign Minister
There were self-imposed restrictions on mutual visits and meetings, such as at federal agencies or at our representative offices. In fact, after the Taiwan Travel Act was signed into law, all these are gradually being allowed. Now, through law, restrictions can be further loosened. This is an important step forward for the development of normal Taiwan-US relations.

Also to watch is Taiwan-Japan relations, particularly with the ongoing spat between China and Japan. After condemning Japan for bringing up the Treaty of San Francisco last week, China doubled down on suppressing Taiwan.

Lin Jian (Dec. 2)
PRC foreign ministry spokesperson
Taiwan is part of China, and there is no such thing as “foreign minister” of Taiwan.

Lin Chia-lung
Foreign Minister
For that comment, well, here I am. Whether with the Taiwan passport or the foreign minister’s name card, we are able to travel all over the world.

Meanwhile, the National Security Bureau is reportedly expecting China to conduct another round of military exercises that can be likened to “Joint Sword-C,” if the ongoing dispute with Japan continues. An unnamed official also said the drills are most likely to be held on Dec. 13, also the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day, to allude to Japan’s war crimes and hinting at what some observers believe to be Japan’s remilitarization.

Tsai Ming-yen
National Security Bureau director-general
The worst assumption must be made about the enemy. We cannot rule out any possibilities. For the CCP, all they had to do was to act on the premise of their regular joint exercise and patrol, or their regular far-sea comprehensive training mission, give it a specific code name, and that will turn into an exercise with an agenda. If necessary, we will reach out to cooperate with international partners.

With these recent developments, many are watching if China will hold another round of military drills encircling Taiwan.

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