The Huffington Post writes that President-elect Donald Trump's team insists it's not a big deal that he spoke directly with Taiwan's president, breaking with years of delicate foreign policy precedent and leading to the Chinese government lodging a complaint over the matter with the U.S. Vice President-elect Mike Pence said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" that the Trump campaign had "not to [his] knowledge" reached out to China following the outcry. He told host Chuck Todd that he "wouldn't expect" a call this week, either...But what may sound like just a phone call was a split with longstanding U.S. policymeant to protect relations with China, which considers Taiwan part of its country...The White House said Friday that its position on China and Taiwan had not changed and that they "remain firmly committed to our 'one China' policy." China's foreign ministry announced Saturday that it had lodged a complaint over Trump's call.
- Reuters reports that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday it would be valuable for President-elect Donald Trump's transition team to seek State Department recommendations before contacting foreign leaders but that it had yet to do so."We have not been contacted before any of these conversations. We have not been requested to provide talking points," Kerry said during a question-and-answer session at a think tank conference."I do think there's a value, obviously on having at least the recommendations, whether you choose to follow them or not is a different issue, but I think it's valuable to ask people who work the desk, and have worked it for a long period of time, their input on what's the current state, is there some particular issue at the moment," Kerry added."I think that's valuable, and I would certainly recommend it, but, obviously, that hasn't happened in a few cases."Trump's call with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday triggered a diplomatic protest from China and raised questions about whether the Republican president-elect might be signaling a change to U.S. policy. Vice President-elect Mike Pence denied that on Sunday, describing it as a "courtesy call."
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