"President Donald Trump says that Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing would take no action toward its long-stated goal of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the Republican leader is in office. Trump said that the long-contentious issue of Taiwan did not come up in his talks with Xi on Thursday in South Korea that largely focused on U.S.-China trade tensions."
"But the U.S. leader expressed certainty that China would not take action on Taiwan, while he's in office. He has openly said, and his people have openly said at meetings, We would never do anything while President Trump is president,' because they know the consequences, Trump said in an excerpt of an interview with the CBS' program 60 Minutes that aired Sunday."
"The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, which has governed U.S. relations with the island, does not require the U.S. to step in militarily if China invades but makes it American policy to ensure Taiwan has the resources to defend itself and to prevent any unilateral change of status by Beijing. Asked if he would order U.S. forces to defend Taiwan if China attacked, Trump demurred."
Chinese President Xi Jinping provided assurances that China would not take action to unify Taiwan with mainland China while Donald Trump remains in office. Trump said the Taiwan issue did not arise during his talks with Xi in South Korea, which largely focused on trade tensions. U.S. officials remain concerned about the possibility of Chinese military action against Taiwan. The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act does not obligate U.S. military intervention but commits to ensuring Taiwan can defend itself and to preventing unilateral status changes. The United States maintains strategic ambiguity about whether it would militarily defend Taiwan.
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