Biden signs law implementing first part of US trade pact with Taiwan
FILE PHOTO: Flags of Taiwan and U.S. are placed for a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden signed legislation on Monday implementing the U.S. and Taiwan’s “21st Century” trade initiative and issued a statement saying certain sections of the law “raise constitutional concerns.”
Biden said he would treat those sections, which require transmission of trade deal drafts to Congress, as non-binding if they “impermissibly infringe upon my constitutional authority to negotiate with a foreign partner.”
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