Lawmakers push for trade talks with Taiwan in 2020
As the Trump administration eyes new trade agreements in 2020, lawmakers in both chambers and on both sides of the aisle are pushing for the administration to pursue talks toward a deal with Taiwan. “Taiwan’s government has expressed a strong interest in starting FTA talks with the United States, but so far the Trump Administration has been noncommittal,” a Congressional Research Service report noted this week. Lawmakers are hoping to change that. More than 150 House members, in a Dec...