U.S. policy has not changed on Taiwan, U.S. defense secretary says

Reuters

Mon, 23 May 2022, 1:09 pm

FILE PHOTO: House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee holds hearing on the Defense Department budget request on Capitol Hill in Washington

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday he believed that President Joe Biden had not announced a change to America's policy on military assistance to Taiwan.

"I think the President was clear on the fact that the policy has not changed," Austin told a news conference.

Asked earlier on Monday if the United States would get involved militarily if Taiwan if it were attacked, Biden responded yes, and said that was the commitment that the United States made.

(Reporting by Phil Stewart and Rami Ayyub)