200 House lawmakers urge administration to include Taiwan in IPEF

A bipartisan group of 200 lawmakers is pressing the Biden administration to include Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, a move they say would send a “clear signal” the U.S. will not be cowed by China. “As Taiwan is a major economy in the Indo-Pacific region, we strongly believe that Taiwan should be invited to participate in the IPEF,” the lawmakers wrote in a March 30 letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai. Congressional Taiwan...