TAIPEI: The United States will soon start discussing a trade deal with Taiwan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, risking Beijing's wrath.

"I know we are engaged in conversations with Taiwan, or soon will be, on some kind of framework agreement," Blinken said at a congressional hearing in Washington. "And those conversations should be starting," he stressed.

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