In a statement published on the White House website Sunday, Biden said he used his presidential drawdown authority (PDA) to authorize up to $567 million in defense items, services, and military training for the democratic island. This executive power allows the government to move equipment and services from U.S. stocks to another country to address urgent defense needs.
China claims Taiwan is its territory and maintains unification is inevitable, through force if necessary, though the Chinese Communist Party has never ruled there.