U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated on Sunday that Taiwan should not feel concerned about the impending U.S.-China trade talks scheduled to take place in Malaysia.
Speaking to reporters aboard his plane en route to Asia, Rubio dismissed the notion that the U.S. would use Taiwan as leverage in trade negotiations. "I don't think you're going to see some trade deal where, if what people are worried about is we're going to get some trade deal or we're going to get favorable treatment on trade in exchange for walking away from Taiwan," he said, adding, "No one is contemplating that."
