Why the next US House speaker won’t follow Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan playbook
Why the next US House speaker won’t follow Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan playbook
The Democrat expected to become US House speaker has met Taiwan’s former leader and backed legislation supporting the island yet is unlikely to follow Nancy Pelosi’s example in pursuing high-profile engagement with Taipei, analysts said. Hakeem Jeffries, the House’s top-ranking Democrat, announced his bid for the speakership on Wednesday after Democrats won a majority of seats in the US midterm…