Strength in the Indo-Pacific: Moolenaar, Nunn, Tokuda Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Boost U.S.-Taiwan Defense Tech Partnership
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), Representative Zach Nunn (R-IA), and Representative Jill Tokuda (D-HI) of the House Select Committee on China introduced bipartisan legislation directing the Department of Defense to establish a formal partnership with Taiwan to enhance joint defense industrial capabilities and counter the rapidly growing threat of Chinese military tech.
The legislation is aimed at countering China's development of dual-use military tech by coordinating research and development and fostering joint partnerships between U.S. and Taiwanese defense companies. The focus would be on co-developing drones, microchips, directed-energy weapons, and missile systems.
"With each passing day, Xi Jinping expands coercion aimed at Taiwan," said Chairman Moolenaar. "This legislation would strengthen critical defense industrial collaboration with Taiwan while enhancing our shared readiness against an increasingly threatening Beijing."
"The Chinese Communist Party has made clear its intent to take Taiwan by 2027," said Rep. Nunn. "The defense partnership laid out in this bill will be a critical deterrence tool, accelerating Taiwan’s access to next-generation U.S. technology and giving them the asymmetric edge they need to defend their sovereignty."
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