U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer appeared to break with President Donald Trump on Sunday over the issue of arms sales to Taiwan, insisting there is “no change in American policy” just days after his boss openly stated that he was using arms sales to the island as a bargaining chip in negotiations with China.
Doing so would violate decades-old foreign policy assurances for the island, something that Trump acknowledged during remarks to reporters last week. But Greer on Sunday seemed to contradict the president during an interview on ABC’s “This Week.”
“The most important thing that needs to happen is we need to have no change in the status quo in the Taiwan Straits, and the president was really clear about this,” Greer said.