A Washington-based Taiwanese expatriate organization recently held a Lunar New Year banquet where one of the attendees was Stephen Yates.Yates has previously served as the deputy national security advisor to former US vice president Dick Cheney. He said there had been many American interactions with Taiwan since President Donald Trump took office. However, he added, Trump''s America First policy was excessively protectionist, and he feared there wouldn''t be any future policies promoting Taiwan.