Taiwan People's Party Chairman Huang Kuo-chang expressed dissatisfaction with the high-level reception the United States gave Xi Jinping, saying Taiwan risks being treated as a bargaining chip.

• Trump and Xi met in Washington, their second encounter this year following their meeting in Beijing.
• Huang Kuo-chang said that seeing the red carpet and the military aircraft lined up to welcome Xi Jinping left him, as a Taiwanese, with a deep sense of dismay.
• He called on the United States to treat Taiwan as a genuine democratic ally rather than a bargaining chip at the negotiating table.
• Over the past several months the United States has pressed Taiwan to budget large sums for weapons purchases, while at the same time extending such courtesies to China.
• He urged the DPP government to unite the Taiwanese people, saying that is the only way to secure the best possible terms for Taiwan between the two major powers of the United States and China.

Outlook: The outcome of the Trump-Xi meeting will determine where Taiwan is positioned in US-China negotiations, and domestic criticism of the government's foreign policy course may intensify.