Taiwan weapons bill goes from NT$610 billion to NT$6.3 billion
not true, the original package was shot down, because the Americans were charging way too much for them (like 6 billion for 8 subs?). Give me a break. And they didn't even know which sub they are getting.Snaykew said:The US agreed with the PRC that Taiwan couldn't purchase military hardware from the US up to a certain value. But they didn't mention that the US could severely undercut the prices on it. So basically the US are selling their equipement to Taiwan for way way way cheap.
Concerning the arms embargo, thats with the EU and the US concerning highly sensative military technology and hardware being sold to the PRC, which was a response to the Tiananmen Square incident. Although other nations are not in the embargo, the US "encourages" them not to sell any to PRC.
Israel is an example of US pressure being applied to them. They've tried to sell China military technology or hardware and then were forced to change its decision.
I don't think the UN can order specifically an arms embargo, but they can do economic sanctions which is just as effective. Although with Iraq, France and Russia decided they could do it covertly.
Taiwan never had a NT$610b (US$20b) procurement budget. That proposal got shot down repeatedly in the parliment. Even if it were approved by the parliment, it was to be spread over 10 years, not 1 year.
US$200m of procurement seems incredibly low for a defence budget of roughly US$10b. I'd take that piece of news with some salt.
That's just it. It wasn't a piece of legislation and the Taiwan Relations Act, a piece of legislation, thus law, overrides it. What you are referring to was the third joint communique between the US and China, often referred to as the 817 Communique by the PRC. Though no concrete agreement was reached between the two sides on the issue of arms sale to Taiwan, the US pledged the following:
Having in mind the foregoing statements of both sides, the United States Government states that it does not seek to carry out a long-term policy of arms sales to Taiwan, that its arms sales to Taiwan will not exceed, either in qualitative or in quantitative terms, the level of those supplied in recent years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and China, and that it intends gradually to reduce its sale of arms to Taiwan, leading, over a period of time, to a final resolution. In so stating, the United States acknowledges China's consistent position regarding the thorough settlement of this issue.
US$200m of procurement seems incredibly low for a defence budget of roughly US$10b. I'd take that piece of news with some salt.
Snaykew said:
That's just it. It wasn't a piece of legislation and the Taiwan Relations Act, a piece of legislation, thus law, overrides it. What you are referring to was the third joint communique between the US and China, often referred to as the 817 Communique by the PRC. Though no concrete agreement was reached between the two sides on the issue of arms sale to Taiwan, the US pledged the following:
Having in mind the foregoing statements of both sides, the United States Government states that it does not seek to carry out a long-term policy of arms sales to Taiwan, that its arms sales to Taiwan will not exceed, either in qualitative or in quantitative terms, the level of those supplied in recent years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and China, and that it intends gradually to reduce its sale of arms to Taiwan, leading, over a period of time, to a final resolution. In so stating, the United States acknowledges China's consistent position regarding the thorough settlement of this issue.
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