TAIPEI, Taiwan—More than 30 Republican lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have recently introduced resolutions urging the U.S. government to begin negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with Taiwan. “As an important trading partner for the United States and Pennsylvania, a free trade agreement with Taiwan will enhance our economic, diplomatic, and security partnership in the Indo-Pacific while also countering the Chinese Communist Party’s aggression in the region,” Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.) said in a Dec. 23 statement. The House resolution (H. Res. 1268) was introduced by Reschenthaler, Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) on Dec. 17. On the same day, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) introduced the companion version (S. Res. 804) in the Senate, co-sponsored by 25 senators, including Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), John Kennedy (R-La.), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). Congressional resolutions do not have the force of the law and they do not need to be signed by …