On the morning of December 10, President Tsai Ing-wen met with a delegation from the German Marshall Fund (GMF), a Washington DC think tank. She praised the GMF for holding excellent trilateral forums with officials and scholars from Taiwan, the US, and Europe, where attendees discussed the challenges that China's sharp power poses to democracy, and sought to identify opportunities for cooperation. She also expressed hope that Taiwan and the US can enhance bilateral cooperation across the board,