引用
目前，习近平可能会对台湾施加军事、经济和政治压力。近几个月来，中国向靠近大陆、由台湾控制的岛屿金门附近派遣了海警船，此举旨在恫吓台湾，同时避免引发可能把华盛顿牵扯进来的冲突。
《台湾关系法》第二条B第4、6款
(4) to consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States;
(6) 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
《台湾关系法》第三条C
(c) The President is directed to inform the Congress promptly of any threat to the security or the social or economic system of the people on Taiwan and any danger to the interests of the United States arising therefrom. The President and the Congress shall determine, in accordance with constitutional processes, appropriate action by the United States in response to any such danger.