Ramaswamy took aim at Nikki Haley, another contender for the Republican Party nomination, who criticized her for her lack of experience in foreign policy matters. He said, “We will build a strong partnership with India, which includes India’s commitment to close the Straits of Malacca in the event of a near-term conflict with Taiwan. “We will strengthen partnerships with other allies, including South Korea and Japan, to reduce our economic dependence on China and Taiwan.”
Entrepreneur-turned-politician Ramaswamy said he favors strategic clarity and advocates that the US should defend Taiwan strongly until it achieves semiconductor independence and, if so, when the risk to the US is low, then again to strategic ambiguity. can adopt a posture.
“Americans’ livelihoods depend on leading semiconductors made in Taiwan, and we cannot afford for China to achieve near-total dominance of the American economy,” he said.
Ramaswamy said, “By saying we will defend Taiwan, the US can definitely deter China from blocking or attacking the island in the near future. “Meanwhile, Taiwan should double its military spending to a more reasonable level of four to five percent of gross domestic product (GDP).”
He said the US should rapidly arm and train Taiwan with anti-access/area denial weapons, sending at least one destroyer warship through the Taiwan Strait every week.
Ramaswamy said the US should also strengthen its homeland defense capabilities, which are currently vulnerable in the wake of the conflict with China, and include improving nuclear, super electromagnetic pulse, cyber and space defense capabilities.
His campaign team said Ramaswamy is the only contender in the race to win the US presidential nomination who has clearly said the US will defend Taiwan.
“I am the only contender in the race for the presidential nomination,” Ramaswamy said, making it clear that we need to secure Taiwan. The US currently does not even recognize Taiwan as a nation. Both the Democratic and Republican parties unequivocally support the ‘One China’ policy and embrace ‘strategic ambiguity’ towards the island.