Taiwan’s representative to the United States, Alexander Yui, said in a CBS interview that Washington made clear its position on Taiwan had not changed after the recent meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Yui noted that Taiwan was mentioned but, according to Trump, was not a main topic; it also did not appear in the sides’ published statements on the meeting.
Yui pointed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s meetings with the foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. He said they supported peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, opposed coercion and backed Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organizations.
Asked about contacts between Washington and Taipei, Yui described them as regular, open and close at different levels but did not say whether a presidential-level call had taken place. He also said Taiwan was absent from the published outcomes of the Trump-Xi meeting.
The interview also addressed competing accounts of China’s role in World War II. Yui disputed the suggestion that the government of the People’s Republic of China led the wartime fight against Japan, noting that the PRC was established in 1949. He said the Republic of China fought alongside the United States before its government later moved to Taiwan.
On Taiwan’s security, Yui called deterrence through strength a way to prevent conflict. He said Taiwan was increasing its defense spending and wanted U.S.-supplied weapons delivered as soon as possible. The interviewer referred to a $14 billion weapons package that had not yet been delivered.
Yui also highlighted Taiwan’s importance to global technology, particularly its role in producing semiconductors and servers used in artificial-intelligence development. CBS’s original interview video remains available at the source link; this report summarizes verified interview points and is not a transcript.