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Taiwan arms deal in limbo as

artappraiser — Mon, 08 May 2017 07:53:18 +0000

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Taiwan arms deal in limbo as Trump courts China

Op-ed By Josh Rogin @ The Washington Post, May 7

For almost four decades, the United States has upheld its commitment to help Taiwan provide for its own self-defense against China — but the Trump administration has yet to affirm it. As a planned arms-sales package lingers in limbo, officials, lawmakers and experts worry that President Trump may be granting yet another unreciprocated concession to Beijing.

The relatively small sale to Taiwan — worth just more than $1 billion — was set to go in late 2016, but the Obama administration never pulled the trigger. After some early pro-Taiwan signals from President Trump, including a phone call with its president, most Taiwan watchers expected the new administration to move the package forward quickly. Now, administration and congressional officials say, the deal is stalled due to a lack of administration consensus and the fear that angering Beijing could complicate Trump’s top Asia priority: solving the North Korean crisis [....]

NYTimes Business Day piles on

artappraiser — Mon, 08 May 2017 06:19:14 +0000

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NYTimes Business Day piles on with more coverage on topic after their own initial May 6 and April 27 stories, clearly trying to get across that the Trump brand is part of what is being offered therefore suggesting "Emoluments Clause":

Trump Looms as Kushner Companies Courts Investors in China

By Keith Bradsher, Ailin Tang & Jesse Drucker, MAY 7

SHANGHAI — Like many American firms that come to China looking for money, Kushner Companies tried to woo a Shanghai audience with promises of big returns and a path toward living in the United States.

But for Bi Ting, who attended the Kushner event on Sunday, part of the appeal was political: Jared Kushner is the son-in-law of — and a powerful adviser to — President Trump. Virtually unknown in China just months ago, he is now recognized here as a deeply influential figure in American politics.

“The Trump relationship is an extra point for me,” Ms. Bi said, adding that she and her husband had not decided whether to invest.

Kushner Companies’ China roadshow, promoting $500,000 investments in New Jersey real estate as the path to a residency card in the United States, moved to Shanghai on Sunday after a similar pitch on Saturday in Beijing. Security was tighter in Shanghai than it had been in Beijing, where reporters for The New York Times and The Washington Post briefly attended the event before being kicked out [.....]

Was going to post this as

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 06 May 2017 22:15:00 +0000

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Was going to post this as well (half edited in another tab). We've dismantled State so Ivanka can sell rich girl knick-knacks. Will she be our modern Marie Antoinette? Meanwhile Melania remains locked in the tower. This has Shakespeare tragedy written all over it, or The House that Atreus Built.