U.S. Warship Sails Taiwan Strait After Trade Deal, Election
This article is for subscribers only.
A U.S. warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait, after President Donald Trump signed a trade deal with China and Taiwan re-elected a leader seeking greater American military support to counter a threat from Beijing.
The U.S. Navy’s trip through the narrow waterway separating the island from the Chinese mainland Thursday was announced in a statement by the Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense. The U.S. Seventh Fleet confirmed that a “routine” Taiwan Strait transit was conducted by the USS Shiloh, a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser.