Six assurances

The six assurances the United States to Taiwan are quasi-contractual agreements on foreign policy of the countries involved.

Emergence

They have existed since 1982, the second year in office of the then US President Ronald Reagan . The PRC threatened since the anti-secession law with a military intervention, should the Republic of China should declare Taiwan formally independent. The US does not officially have diplomatic relations with Taiwan (there are no embassies of either country in the other country), but the US passed the Taiwan Relations Act , under which it undertakes to provide assistance to Taiwan against any military threat. However, this does not necessarily include US military intervention - it primarily means the sale of weapons with a defensive character to Taiwan.

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The representations include that ...

1. the US will not set a time to end arms sales to Taiwan.
2. the US will not change the terms of the Taiwan Relations Act.
3. the US will not negotiate with the People's Republic of China until a decision is made to sell arms to Taiwan.
4. the US will not arbitrate between Taiwan and the People's Republic of China.
5. the US will not change its mind about Taiwan's independence and will not force Taiwan into negotiations with the People's Republic of China. The US is of the opinion that the issue must be settled peacefully between the parties to the dispute.
6. the USA does not formally recognize the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China over Taiwan.

According to a response to an inquiry, the US had not changed any of these assurances by November 2004.

See also

• Legal Status of Taiwan
• Taiwan conflict

Web links

• The agreements in English

Individual evidence

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