Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced the trip Saturday. John Curtis, R-Utah, Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev. Their visits to Taipei, Tokyo and Seoul are coming before US President Donald Trump's trip to Beijing in May for a rescheduled summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The lawmakers' stop in Taiwan could draw scrutiny from China, which opposes such relations and sees them as a challenge to its claim of sovereignty over the self-governing island. Taiwan relies on American backing for its democracy, but recent moves by Trump, such as discussing a potential weapons sales to Taiwan with Xi, have raised questions about the future direction of US policy. Analysts in both China and the United States believe Xi, through the leader-level summit, will try to influence Trump to soften the US stance on Taiwan.

Source: Indian Express March 28, 2026 14:03 UTC