Author: Martin B. Gold
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2016-12-27
Total Pages: 373
ISBN-13: 1498511139
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →As 1979 dawned, President Jimmy Carter extended diplomatic recognition to the People’s Republic of China. upending longstanding U.S. foreign policy in Asia. For thirty years after the triumph of Mao’s revolution, the United States continued to recognize the claim of the Republic of China, based on Taiwan, to govern the entire country. Intricate economic and cultural relations existed between Washington and Taipei, backed by a Mutual Defense Treaty. While Carter withdrew from the treaty, satisfying a core Chinese condition for diplomatic relations, he presented Congress with legislation to allow other ties with Taiwan to continue unofficially. Many in Congress took issue with the President. Generally supportive of his policy to normalize relations with China, they worried about Taiwan’s future. Believing Carter’s legislation was incomplete, especially regarding Taiwan’s security, they held extensive hearings and lengthy debates, substantially strengthening the bill. The President ensured the measure comported with the terms of normalization. He negotiated with Congress to produce legislation he could sign and Beijing could at least tolerate. Although the final product enjoyed broad consensus in Congress, fights over amendments were fierce, and not always to the President’s advantage. Passage of the Taiwan Relations Act stabilized America’s position in Asia and its situation with Taipei, while allowing the new China to be properly launched. Now in its fourth decade, the Act remains highly impactful on the leading bilateral relationship in the world.The United States Constitution makes Congress the President’s partner in shaping American foreign policy. The Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 vividly demonstrates how robust congressional engagement and inter-Branch cooperation leads to stronger and more durable policy outcomes, which enjoy a greater degree of public acceptance.
Author: Ramon Hawley Myers
Publisher: Hoover Press
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780817988739
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Lester L. Wolff
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2020-10-11
Total Pages: 537
ISBN-13: 1664132929
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With China/US relations deteriorating the Taiwan Relations Act is the cornerstone of Asian policy and the intent of Congress in drafting the act more than 40 years ago TRA is significant if we are to meet the current crisis. The book which contains highly secret classifed memcoms and congressional debate which lends substance to the ambiguity that the crafters intended .
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David Tawei Lee
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780195922097
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 80
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Louis William Koenig
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 220
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