Taiwan Relations Act: US stance on coercion of Taiwan

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Treats any effort to determine Taiwan's future by other than peaceful means as a threat to Western Pacific peace and of grave concern to the US — Taiwan Relations Act: US stance on coercion of Taiwan · Enacted 10 April 1979 (Pub. L. 96-8)22 U.S.C. 3301, Taiwan Relations Act, via Cornell Law School LII · Enacted 10 April 1979 (Pub. L. 96-8)Source named — not yet verified

Source

22 U.S.C. 3301, Taiwan Relations Act, via Cornell Law School LII — https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/3301. Matched to the source page by an automated research pass on 6 Oct 2026; not yet checked by a person..

What it proves

US law commits Washington to resist coercion of Taiwan, setting up a direct clash with China's Anti-Secession Law.

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