The U.S. House of Representatives on March 22 voted to approve legislation that would require the State Department to regularly review and provide updated reports on its guidelines for U.S. engagement with Taiwan.
The Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act, introduced on Feb. 24 by Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) was approved in a nearly unanimous vote of 404–7.
The seven members who voted against the bill were Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), Greg Casar (D-Texas), Summer Lee (D-Pa.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.).
The United States, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan….