President Donald Trump made headlines shortly after his electoral victory by accepting a congratulatory phone call from Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen. It signaled what some saw as a renewal of American commitment to Taiwan in the face of Chinese criticism. But over a year later, Taiwan is still waiting for a specific policy towards the island nation from the Trump Administration. President Trump has often been unrestrained with his criticisms of trade arrangements between the U.S. and mainland China. Yet dialogue over Taiwan’s place in the new Administration has been few and far-between, peculiar for a nation ranked as the tenth largest goods trading partner of the United States. Read more here.
