The White House wants to use some of the money from the Ukraine aid package to arm Taiwan - FT

US President Joe Biden is going to ask Congress to send money from an additional aid package to Ukraine to arm Taiwan. about this The Financial Times newspaper writes , citing sources.

According to the publication, the Biden administration wants to increase arms supplies to Taiwan amid the growing threat from China. The funds in question are allocated as part of the foreign military assistance program. Including Taiwan, the FT writes, will likely increase its support among Republicans, many of whom are skeptical about aid to Ukraine but favor military support for Taiwan.

“Adding additional funding for Taiwan will put some House Republicans in a more difficult position, since many of those who oppose funding for Ukraine still support Taiwan,” Zach Cooper, an expert at the American Enterprise Institute think tank, told the FT.

In July, Biden signed an executive order providing $345 million in military aid to Taiwan. As reported by the Associated Press, the package was to include man-portable anti-aircraft systems, small arms and missiles, as well as equipment for reconnaissance and data collection. In turn, China stated on this occasion that by supplying weapons to Taiwan, the United States was turning it into a “powder keg.”

China considers Taiwan its integral part, but since the end of the civil war and the formation of the People's Republic of China, the island has had an independent government that does not recognize Beijing's jurisdiction.

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