Editing Taiwan Relations Act (section)

===Military provisions===
{{See also|List of US arms sales to Taiwan}}
The TRA does not guarantee or relinquish the U.S. intervening militarily if the PRC attacks or invades Taiwan, as its primary purpose is to ensure that the Taiwan policy will not be changed unilaterally by the U.S. president and ensure any decision to defend Taiwan will be made with the consent of the Congress. The act states that "the United States will make available to Taiwan such defense articles and defense services in such quantity as may be necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability" and "shall maintain the capacity of the United States to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security, or social or economic system, of the people on Taiwan".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Public Law 96-8 |author=96th United States Congress |url=https://www.congress.gov/96/statute/STATUTE-93/STATUTE-93-Pg14.pdf  |publisher=United States Government Publishing Office |date=April 10, 1979 |access-date=October 15, 2024  |location=Washington, D C.}}</ref> However, the decision about the nature and quantity of defense services that America will provide to Taiwan is to be determined by the President and Congress. America's policy has been called "[[strategic ambiguity]]," and it is designed to dissuade Taiwan from a unilateral declaration of independence, and to dissuade the PRC from unilaterally unifying Taiwan with the PRC.{{citation needed|date=May 2021|reason=entire section is unsourced}}

The TRA further stipulates that the United States will "consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means, including by [[boycotts]] or [[Economic sanctions|embargoes]], a threat to the [[peace]] and [[International security|security]] of the [[Western Pacific Ocean|Western Pacific]] area and of grave concern to the United States".

The TRA requires the United States to have a policy "to provide Taiwan with [[armaments|arms]] of a [[defense (military)|defensive]] character" and "to maintain the capacity of the United States to resist any resort to force or other forms of [[coercion]] that would jeopardize the security, or the social or economic system, of the people on Taiwan".

Successive U.S. administrations have sold arms to Taiwan despite demands from the PRC that the U.S. follow [[Three Communiqués|Three Joint Communiqués]] and the U.S. government's proclaimed [[One-China policy]].