US Policy on Taiwan Is Unchanged After Xi’s Visit, Perdue Says

(Bloomberg) — Donald Trump and Xi Jinping discuss Taiwan arms sales every time they get together but the American stance on the self-ruled island remains unchanged following the Chinese leader’s state visit to Washington last week, the US president’s top envoy to Beijing said. “We don’t support independence, and we don’t support coercion,” US Ambassador to China David Perdue told Fox News Sunday in response to a question about Taiwan. Xi heaped pressure on Trump to limit support for Taiwan, which Beijing sees as its own territory, during his trip. The Chinese leader pressed the US to outright “oppose” Taiwan…