5 U.S. lawmakers arrive in Taiwan on Thursday to meet with government officials, defying an admonition from China to stay away from the island.
“When news of our trip broke yesterday, my office received a blunt message from the Chinese Embassy, telling me to call off the trip,” Rep Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich.,
."The auto industry’s largest supplier of microchips is here in Taiwan, so supply chain issues will most definitely be on the agenda."The bipartisan delegation that arrived Thursday, led by House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano, D-Calif., included fellow panel members Slotkin and Reps. Colin Allred, D-Texas and Nancy Mace, R-S.C., as well as Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif.,
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