Trump EPA Chief Scraps Taiwan Visit After Cost Scrutiny
- Visit would have likely inflamed U.S. tensions with China
- Trip was to focus on marine litter, air pollution issues
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EPA chief Andrew Wheeler is canceling a planned trip to Taiwan next month that had threatened to stoke anger with Beijing, after concerns were raised about the costs of the travel near the end of the Trump administration.
“Due to pressing domestic priorities at home, Administrator Wheeler’s visit to Taiwan has been postponed,” Environmental Protection Agency spokesperson James Hewitt said Tuesday by email.