Analysis | How A US Budget Dispute Imperils Funding for Taiwan Weapons

US congressional efforts to counter China’s military threats toward Taiwan could stumble over a problem much closer to home: partisan battles in Washington imperiling billions of dollars in security assistance for the self-governed island. Last year, both the Senate and House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly for a defense policy bill authorizing up to $10 billion in security assistance and fast-tracked weapons procurement for Taiwan. That money was to be given in $2 billion annual installments of Foreign Military Financing, or FMF, grants over five years. But the plan was stymied by disagreement over spending. An appropriations bill passed in late…