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I really can't think of an upper bound for US response to an action like that.
by colechristensen 2y ago
I really can't think of an upper bound for US response to an action like that.
- budududuroiu 2y agoThe TW legislative is controlled by a slim majority that would support a rehash of the CSSTA [1], with the runner up for the presidential race calling for it on the campaign trail. The US is already far behind on weapons deliveries and owes TW more than $20bn in delayed weapons shipments. I don’t see the lower bound to what the US response might be [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-Strait_Service_Trade_Agreement https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-Strait_Service_Trade_A...
- FpUser 2y agoTaiwan can be friends with the US and keep selling them chips while keeping knowhow to themselves. Or they can be friends with others with the same results. Sanctions are not gonna help in this case. Of course the US can bomb Taiwan but I think it will lead straight to WWIII with all the cherries on top.
- snailmailstare 2y agoI think the US is going to be inundated with thousands of actions going on between other countries to replace it and it will be able to respond to dozens of them. They can of course choose long preexisting legislation as a hill to die on, but there are going to be a lot of hills and they could also pretend it never mattered to them.