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Trump-Xi Summit: US Unlikely To Arrange Lai Ching-te Call, Freezes New Taiwan Arms Sales | WATCH
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3:52Now PlayingUS President Donald Trump is not expected to hold a phone call with Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te in the near future, despite previously indicating he would be open to speaking with the person “running” the island, according to a report by the South China Morning Post.
Sources familiar with the matter told the publication that there has been no progress towards arranging such a conversation, with any potential call largely dependent on Trump’s willingness to initiate it. According to the report, US officials are wary that a phone call between Trump and Lai could jeopardise an anticipated summit between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington in September, as well as the easing of tensions achieved between the two leaders in May.
The concerns are rooted in past experience. In late 2016, shortly after winning the presidential election, Trump accepted a congratulatory phone call from Taiwan’s then-leader Tsai Ing-wen. The call marked the first direct contact between a US president or president-elect and a Taiwanese leader since 1979.
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