Taiwan Defense Budget Stalls as Trump–Xi Meeting Nears, Raising Strategic Concerns
Taiwan’s ruling and opposition parties have failed three times to reach an agreement on the “Special Defense Budget Act” while U.S. President Donald Trump’s upcoming trip to China for a meeting with Xi Jinping is drawing closer. Lien Hsien-ming, president of the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, said in a message on social media that […]
5/5/2026 1:47:31 PM