The Trump administration reportedly blocked Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te from a New York stopover after China's objections, aiming to avoid disrupting trade talks and a potential summit. Critics fear this signals a softening US stance on Taiwan to appease China,

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te is set to delay a diplomatically sensitive trip his team had floated to the Trump administration for August that would have included stops in the United States, according to three people familiar with the matter.