# US midterms: With Republicans losing both chambers, could China policy and arms sales to Taiwan shift?

https://mins.news/en/item/132141

- BBC Chinese, 2026-11-06 10:21 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/cqr7ydkrnpxno/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> After Democrats won majorities in both chambers of Congress in the US midterm elections, experts broadly expect greater congressional scrutiny and wrangling over Trump’s personally driven China policy and the pace of arms sales to Taiwan. The president still holds the main decision-making power.

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