The head of Taiwan's delegation to next week's inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. president said on Saturday he was going there to extend the island's "highest blessings" to the United States.

The former vice president called on Donald Trump to renew his pledge to support Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.

Another U.S.-aligned democracy in Asia is mired in political gridlock, with Taiwan’s opposition challenging defense spending aimed at fending off China.

Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is an island separated from China by the Taiwan Strait. Mainland China, officially the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is under Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule and asserts that Taiwan is an integral part of its territory, though it has never governed the island.

The head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan said on Thursday he expects continued firm support for the island from Donald Trump's incoming administration, but a U.S.-Taiwan trade agreement seen as critical for business had only a "modest" chance of happening.

TSMC is making a significant push to expand semiconductor production in the United States with a $65 billion investment in Arizona.

Waging World War III for Taiwan—or any small nation, for that matter—would not be in keeping with the predilections and preferences of the incoming US president.

The US House of Representatives yesterday passed the US-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act by a 423 to 1 vote. The bill is to be first sent to the US Senate to vote on before being sent to the US president for his signature to be passed into legislation.

Days away from President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, a delegation headed by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute met with Taiwan's president and other senior officials in Taiwan.

Two protections-for-women bills that passed out of the GOP-led House but stalled in the Democrat-controlled Senate last year are back for round two.

This brief from the CSIS Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business analyzes Taiwan’s role in U.S. economic security and provides a policy roadmap to approach geopolitical and economic challenges facing the island.

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