Taiwan Envoy Downplays Fears of Waning US Support after Trump-Xi Call

Taiwan’s envoy to Washington says Taipei is closely watching US-China relations to ensure it isn’t “thrown under the bus” in their talks.

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00:00Taiwan's envoy to the U.S. says Taiwan is closely watching U.S.-China relations to make

00:06sure it does not get, quote, thrown under the bus in U.S.-China talks.

00:11Alexander Yui made the comments in an interview with Foreign Policy magazine.

00:16He downplayed concerns that Taiwan might be left alone to face threats from China without

00:20U.S. support, saying America's policy toward Taiwan remains unchanged.

00:26The interview follows Friday's phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese

00:30President Xi Jinping, and a Washington Post report saying Trump had halted hundreds of

00:35millions of dollars in military aid for Taiwan amid trade talks with China.