Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/02/09
By: Tony Liao and Evelyn Kao

Washington, Feb. 8 (CNA) New U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has recently

New U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (CNA file photo)

reaffirmed the Six Assurances regarding U.S. policy toward Taiwan in response to questions from U.S. Senator Ben Cardin before he won confirmation as secretary of state from the Senate on Feb. 1.

In the written responses, Tillerson said that the Three U.S.-China Joint Communiques, the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) and the Six Assurances provide the foundation for U.S. policy toward China and Taiwan. The United States should continue to uphold its one China policy and support a peaceful and mutually agreeable cross-Taiwan strait outcome.

He was replying to Cardin’s question as to whether the principles of the communiques and the TRA remain the important foundations of the U.S.-China relationship and whether he believes that the One China policy remains valid, or needs revision.
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