U.S. Eyes Business with Taiwanese Tech Firms in Move to Distance from China
May 20, 2020
The moves are seen as a challenge to China’s trade relationship with Taiwan, a democracy that the Chinese Communist Party claims is a renegade province, as well as a show of support for Taiwan’s independence.
The Trump administration appears determined to be “hitting at targets that are both economically and politically sensitive for Beijing,” Eswar Prasad, a professor at Cornell University, told The Times.