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Caught Our Eye

Interest groups have shied away from Taiwan for years

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 2, 2022

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has landed in Taiwan, leading a congressional delegation on a controversial trip to the East Asian country. But for interest groups who send members and staff on privately funded trips, the destination hasn't been favored for close to a decade.

Privately sponsored trips to Taiwan used to be commonplace. Taiwan was the top foreign desination for such travel in 2004, according to LegiStorm data. Interest groups spent more than $736,000 to send 159 members and staff there that year.

The Taiwanese Association of America was the last to sponsor congressional travel to Taiwan, sending a group to Taipei in 2014.

U.S. relations with China have since tensed, and official visits like Pelosi's stoke fears about worsening relations and the possibility of a crisis in the Taiwan Strait.

Members and staff have not accepted private travel to China since 2019.  

Subjects: Government of China; Government of Taiwan; Taiwanese Association of America; Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

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