Lai's US$40 billion defense proposal 'a step towards peace': U.S. envoy

The United States' top envoy to Taiwan on Wednesday said President Lai Ching-te's (賴清德) proposed US$40 billion special defense budget marked "a major step towards maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait by strengthening deterrence."

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