Indo-Pacific Spending Bill Puts $8 Billion Toward Countering Communist China

President Joe Biden has signed into law a security funding package this week that will deliver more than $8 billion to counter Chinese communist influence in the Indo-Pacific. The Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, passed by the House as part of a $95 billion foreign aid package, was first suggested by President Biden in October last year. The bill’s funding priorities can roughly be divided into four categories: shipbuilding and submarine infrastructure, defense operations and maintenance, procurement, and foreign military assistance. In all, the bill allocates $3.3 billion to develop submarine infrastructure, $2 billion in foreign military financing for Taiwan and other key allies, and $1.9 billion to replenish defense items and services provided to Taiwan and regional partners....