New bipartisan bill would see US provide Taiwan with $4.5 bln in military aid | Al Arabiya English

US senators introduced bipartisan legislation on Friday, which would see Taiwan receive close to $4.5 billion in security aid over the next four years and become a major non-NATO ally as China steps up its threats against the island.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez, a Democrat, and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham announced the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022 “in the wake of last week’s threats by Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe that China will ‘not hesitate to start a war’ and ‘smash to smithereens’ Taiwan.”