TPP chair leads delegation to USBy Lo Kuo-chia / Staff reporter, with CNATaiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) late yesterday afternoon departed for Washington, where he said he is scheduled to meet with US government officials to discuss arms procurement and tariffs. “Aside from receiving two A4 pages and seeing seven articles, the amount of information we have been able to obtain is so little it is hard to even describe,” he said. Taiwan People’s Party Chairman Huang Kuo-chang, center, speaks to reporters at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport yesterday. The trip came as a surprise to many, as it was not announced until the TPP briefed the press on it earlier yesterday afternoon. Huang said, however, that the visit had been arranged for “quite some time” after discussions with the US side.

Source: Taipei Times January 11, 2026 16:05 UTC