President Biden says the U.S. would defend Taiwan if it was attacked by mainland China, while insisting that America's policy toward the island had not changed.
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Japan has made clear that it would prefer that the U.S. join a trade pact which then-President Trump abandoned in 2017. Originally called the, the remaining nations rebranded the TPP and ratified it without the U.S. in 2018. Biden also received strong backing for the IPEF, and America's policy toward Asia in general, from South Korea's government.
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