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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Technology hub Taiwan is a “country of global significance” and its security has implications for the world, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez said on Friday in a meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen. The comment during a visit to Taipei by a bipartisan group of six U.S. lawmakers, including chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Menendez, in a show of support to the democratic island in the face of Chinese pressure. The United States has no formal relations with Chinese-claimed Taiwan but is its most important international backer and arms supplier. “With Taiwan prod…