If a previous treaty can commit future generations to war, the House of Representatives, the body closest to the people, would never have a say in the most important issue of declaring war. We must continue to believe and be confident that trading with China is beneficial to America. Trade between Taiwan and China already exists and should be encouraged. It's a fact that trade did help to resolve this current crisis without a military confrontation. Concern about our negative trade balance with the Chinese is irrelevant.
Balance of payments are always in balance.
For every dollar we spend in China those dollars must come back to America. Maybe not buying American goods, as some would like, but they do come back and they serve to finance our current account deficit. Free trade, it should be argued, is beneficial even when done unilaterally, providing a benefit to our consumers. We should be adamantly opposed to sending military technology to such a nation, or to any nation for that matter. It is interesting to note that recent reports reveal that missiles, coming from Israel and financed by American foreign aid, were seen on the fighter plane that caused the collision.