US business groups criticise Biden's Taiwan arms sales policy

Successive US administrations have pushed Taiwan to modernise its military. - Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters): US business groups on Tuesday (May 17) criticised the Biden administration's Taiwan arms sales policy, arguing in a public letter that it was too restrictive and failed to address challenges posed by China's military to the democratic island.

Successive US administrations have pushed Taiwan to modernise its military to become a "porcupine" that is hard for China to attack, advocating the sale of inexpensive, mobile, and survivable - or "asymmetric" - weapons that could outlast any initial assault by China's larger military.