Trump möter Xi – stora meningsskiljaktigheter i Taiwanfrågan | NTD NYHETER

President Trump met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for about two hours on the second day of his China visit. After the meeting, the two sides released statements that showed clear differences over the Taiwan issue. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Besson later provided more details following the talks. Here's a closer look. In the official statements released after the Trump-Xi meeting, the U.S. side made no mention of Taiwan. In contrast, Beijing issued a strong warning on the Taiwan issue. Xi Jinping stressed that Taiwan remains the most important issue in China-U.S. relations. Beijing warned that mishandling the issue could lead to confrontation or even conflict. However, the Chinese statement did not mention how President Trump responded. Speaking in an NBC interview Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio reiterated that U.S. policy toward Taiwan has not changed. And so we always reiterate the point. We hear them when they say this. We always respond by saying anything that would compel or force a change in what we have now would be problematic. And we would certainly, our policies on that have not changed. One notable development during the visit was the presence of Pete Hexeth in the U.S. delegation. He's the first U.S. defense secretary to accompany a president on a trip to China since Richard Nixon's historic visit in 1972. Analysts say the move could signal that military communication channels between Washington and Beijing are reopening. On the issue of arms sales to Taiwan, President Trump told reporters before the trip that he planned on discussing the matter with Xi Jinping. It marked the first time a U.S. president has explicitly said the issue would be discussed with Beijing. That breaks from the 1982 Six Assurances, under which the U.S. said it would not consult China on arms sales to Taiwan. Do you think we should still be selling them weapons? The United States? Well, I'm going to have that discussion with President Xi. President Xi would like us not to, and I'll have that discussion. That's one of the many things I'll be talking about. Rubio says any decision by the president would depend on congressional funding approvals. Well, that topic may have been, has been discussed in the past. It did not feature prominently in today's discussion. We know what their position on that is already. Remember, Congress plays a role in that, in that process as well. And we have sold them weapons in the past that's existed as recently as December, which they were very upset about. And that's a decision the president gets to make. As Congress appropriates and as Congress decides what to do with those topics, we will respond accordingly. Treasury Secretary Scott Besson told CNBC that President Trump would speak further on the Taiwan issue, quote, in the coming days. You'll be hearing more from him either this evening, tomorrow. But again, President Trump is the, understands the issues here and understands the sensitivities around all this. And you know, anyone who's been saying otherwise does not understand the negotiating style of Donald Trump. In response to Xi Jinping's remarks that Taiwan independence is the greatest risk to peace in the Taiwan Strait, the island's government issued a clear rebuttal. At present, the greatest risk to peace in the Taiwan Strait lies in the Chinese Communist Party's intention to undermine this status quo and to disrupt the continued existence of the Republic of China. That in fact is where the real risk to peace in the strait currently resides.