; and (2) planning for potential military confrontation scenarios. 202. United States-Taiwan bilateral trade agreement Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the United States Trade Representative should seek to enter into negotiations with representatives from Taiwan to establish a bilateral trade agreement between the United States and Taiwan. 203. United States-Taiwan combined military exercises and related actions (a) Combined military exercises The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, should seek to carry out a program of combined military exercises between the United States, Taiwan, and, if feasible, other United States allies and partners to improve military coordination and relations with Taiwan. (b) Combined disaster relief exercises The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, should engage with their counterparts in Taiwan to organize combined disaster and humanitarian relief exercises. (c) Taiwan Strait transits, freedom of navigation operations, and presence operations The Secretary of Defense should consider increasing transits through the Taiwan Strait, freedom of navigation operations in the Taiwan Strait, and presence operations in the Western Pacific by the United States Navy, including in conjunction with United States allies and partners. (d) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that Taiwan should dedicate additional domestic resources toward advancing its military readiness for purposes of defending Taiwan, including through— (1) steady increases in annual defense spending as a share of gross domestic product; (2) procurements of defense technologies that directly bolster Taiwan’s asymmetric defense capabilities; (3) reform of Taiwan’s military reserves, including increasing the length of training required and number of days required in service annually; (4) participation with United States Armed Forces in combined military exercises