tirsdag 28. oktober 2025

Rubio Reveals Nonnegotiable for Trump-Xi Talks

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says "walking away from Taiwan" is not on the agenda for this week's talks in South Korea between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. China claims sovereignty over Taiwan and has not ruled out the use of force to achieve unification—a goal Xi has called a "historical inevitability."

The United States acknowledges China's claim without explicitly supporting it and has provided Taiwan with military and diplomatic support while avoiding provocation toward Beijing. Washington has also maintained a decades-old policy of "strategic ambiguity," aiming to leave it unclear whether it would come to Taipei's defense.