https://taiwanstrait.com/tags/us-taiwan-policy/ Recent content in US Taiwan Policy on Taiwan Strait Hugo en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://taiwanstrait.com/the-arms-pipeline-american-weapons-sales-to-taiwan-and-the-backlog-that-defines-a-relationship/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://taiwanstrait.com/the-arms-pipeline-american-weapons-sales-to-taiwan-and-the-backlog-that-defines-a-relationship/ <p>The United States sells Taiwan weapons. This has been true since the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 mandated that the US provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive character sufficient to maintain its self-defense capability. The commitment has been honored through administrations of both parties, at varying levels of political visibility and diplomatic cost. It has also produced a backlog of undelivered weapons that, as of the mid-2020s, runs to billions of dollars in contracted but unshipped equipment — a gap between what Taiwan has bought and what it has received that raises serious questions about the operational meaning of the commitment.</p>