TRUMP TO MEET XI IN MAY
Greene, who heads the American Institute in Taiwan, which handles relations in the absence of formal diplomatic ties, was speaking just a day after US President Donald Trump said he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in mid-May, a closely watched trip postponed due to the Iran war.
Beijing, which has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control, has demanded an end to US arms sales to democratically governed Taiwan.
Greene also pledged that to “further mitigate the effects of ongoing global commodity supply disruptions”, the US looked forward to supplying Taiwan with more crude oil and natural gas, though he did not directly mention the war in the Middle East.
Taiwan’s state-owned refiner, CPC, and US LNG exporter Cheniere Energy had recently agreed that the US firm would double CPC’s imports of gas to the island, he added.
“As I said last year, America stands ready to support Taiwan’s energy needs across all sources and technologies.”