US officials including lawmaker Mike Gallagher to visit Taiwan in coming months
US officials including lawmaker Mike Gallagher to visit Taiwan in coming months
2024-01-19
According to the Financial Times, many U.S. officials are expected to make visits to Taiwan in the coming months. Among them are pro-Taiwan heavyweights such as Republican lawmaker Mike Gallagher, who chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. DPP lawmaker Wang Ting-yu says there will be frequent international visits by U.S. officials this year, as supporting Taiwan has become a mainstream opinion in the U.S.
Before the election, Lai Ching-te’s campaign office was filled with visitors every day, many of whom purchased campaign merch and helped the party with donations. But the days of rushing for goodies are over now that the election is past. The campaign office is closing, and so is the memorabilia shop inside. Lai urged his supporters to head to the venue on the last day on Friday and take photos to remember the campaign by. Though the election is over, Lai’s public schedule is packed as can be.
The day after the election, the U.S. sent a bipartisan delegation of senior former officials to Taiwan. On Thursday, the Financial Times reported that more U.S. lawmakers are set to visit Taiwan in coming weeks in a show of support for Lai. Next week, the top Democrat on the House foreign affairs Indo-Pacific subcommittee Ami Bera will visit, and so will Republicans Andy Barr and Mario Diaz-Balart, who co-chair the Congressional Taiwan Caucus. They will meet with Lai, but not with defeated presidential candidates Hou Yu-ih or Ko Wen-je. The next person to visit will be Republican lawmaker Mike Gallagher.
Mike Gallagher (April 6, 2023)
Select Committee on the CCP chair
President Tsai talks about it. It’s an attempt to get us, to intimidate us and to get us to back down. Who the speaker of the house meets with in American soil is, quite frankly, none of the CCP’s business.
Last year in April, President Tsai Ing-wen met with then-U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy during a transit stop in the U.S. Gallagher had attended the meeting, as the chair of the Select Committee on the CCP. As a vocal supporter of Taiwan, the Financial Times notes that China is paying close attention to his Taiwan visit. The report adds that more U.S. lawmakers are expected to visit Taiwan for Lai’s presidential inauguration on May 20 as well as to mark the 45th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act in March and April.
Wang Ting-yu
DPP lawmaker
These plans show that Taiwan-U.S. relations remain stable and continue to warm up. It also shows that supporting Taiwan is a mainstream opinion in the U.S. The U.S. is holding general elections this year, so visiting Taiwan and carrying out exchanges with Taiwan is a plus for candidates. In the coming year, there will be more U.S.-Taiwan interactions, and more exchanges with Lai Ching-te and Hsiao Bi-khim.
With four months to go until Lai is inaugurated president, Taiwan remains in the international spotlight.
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美訪團挺台! "美中戰略競爭特別委員會"蓋拉格將訪台
2024-01-19
賴政府上路倒數四個月，國際挺台盟友紛紛表達相挺，根據金融時報的最新報導，美國多位重量級美國國會議員將在未來幾週訪問台灣，表達對賴清德的支持，其中包括挺台立場鮮明的美國眾議院「美中戰略競爭特別委員會」主席蓋拉格，民進黨立委王定宇分析，這是因為台灣在外國主流民意受到歡迎，這是正向發展的指標。
選前的賴清德競總超熱鬧，天天都有大批訪客，尤其賴桑小舖的競選週邊商品，更是吸引支持者捐款，搶著"下架週邊小物，選戰結束，隨著競總就要打烊，賴桑小舖也吹熄燈號，賴清德號召挺台灣的隊友們，一起在週五最後開放日，來拍照留念。雖然選舉結束，不過賴清德卻是越來越忙。
大選後隔天，美國政府就派遣資深跨黨派代表團訪台，金融時報甚至報導，多位重量級美國會議員將在未來幾週訪問台灣，表達對台灣總統當選人賴清德的支持。下禮拜要來的是眾議院外交委員會印太小組民主黨首席議員貝拉、以及眾議院台灣連線的兩位共同主席-共和黨議員巴爾和巴拉特，他們將會見賴清德，但不會與侯柯見面。而接力訪台，下一團就是他！
[[美眾院美中戰略競爭特別委員會主席 蓋拉格(2023.4.6)]]
“蔡總統有跟我們談到，中國試圖威嚇我們，讓我們退縮，但眾議長想跟誰在美國國土上見面，實在是不關中國的事”
蔡總統去年四月初訪美，曾現身蔡麥會的美國眾議院「美中戰略競爭特別委員會」主席蓋拉格，向來挺台立場鮮明，金融時報報導，他的到訪將格外引起中國注意。預料還有更多美國議員將在賴清德520就職典禮時訪台，或者三四月來紀念台灣關係法45週年。
[[立委(民) 王定宇]]
“這些行程顯示出，第一個台美關係是持續穩定而且升溫，另外一方面也代表台灣在美國的主流民意是受到歡迎跟支持的，因為美國今年要進行大選，來到台灣互動交流對他們是加分的，所以台美在未來這一年，賴清德蕭美琴我們台灣跟美國的互動，只會更多不會更少”
延續蔡英文路線的賴清德，上台倒數4個月，台灣依然是國際焦點話題。
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