An “ambitious roadmap” on trade will be unveiled “in the coming days”
Taiwan’s foreign ministry on Saturday expressed “sincere gratitude” to the United States for taking “concrete actions” to maintain security and peace in the Strait and across the region.
China’s “deliberate military and economic intimidation” has “further strengthened the unity and resilience of the global democratic camp,” the ministry said.
The remarks come as US Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell said on Friday that China had “overreacted” to the visit of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi. in Taiwan, triggering several military exercises conducted around the island, considered by China as its own territory.
He announced that Washington would strengthen its trade relations with Taiwan and make new air and sea crossings in the strait, an “ambitious roadmap” on trade will be unveiled “in the coming days”.
US forces “will continue to fly, sail or operate wherever international law allows,” he said, without specifying the nature of the deployments in the strait or their timing.
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen warned on Thursday that the threat had not diminished, even though Beijing’s military exercises around the island appeared to be slowing down.
