Economic ‘status quo’ is changing, US’ Pompeo says‘TURNING POINT’: The US must engage with China ‘realistically and on our terms,’ which would include ‘more enthusiastic ties’ with Taiwan, Mike Pompeo saidBy Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, in KAOHSIUNGThe economic “status quo,” which benefits China, is changing, presenting opportunities for closer cooperation between Taiwan and the US, former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo told a business forum in Kaohsiung yesterday. Pompeo is visiting Taiwan for the second time this year to attend the Global Taiwan Business Forum, organized by the Liberty Times (sister paper of the Taipei Times). Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, third left, Vice President William Lai, fourth left, and other speakers attend the Global Taiwan Business Forum at the Kaohsiung Marriott Hotel yesterday. Pompeo said that as secretary of state he and his department grappled with some fundamental questions about long-standing US policy toward China. People outside the Kaohsiung Marriott Hotel yesterday hold signs welcoming former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo to Taiwan and advocating independence.

Source: Taipei Times September 28, 2022 04:07 UTC