The Taiwan relations Act has provided America and Taiwan with a solid and lasting legal and security framework for close substantive relations since their formal diplomatic ties ended in 1979. Passed by Congress and signed into US domestic law by the President, this unprecedented foreign policymaking legislation has helped keep the peace in Asia and ahs allowed a highly productive trade relationship to grow and prosper. The numbers speak for themselves. So do the voters of democratic Taiwan who have built the Republic of China into the US's 7th largest export market and a political role model for all of Asia.
