Taiwan’s more relaxed than most of us about Trumpian deal-making
Taiwan appears relatively calm regarding the potential outcomes of the recent Trump-Xi summit, despite global concerns about its future. The Taiwanese government is focused on strengthening its defenses and has recently approved a significant increase in its defense budget. This approach reflects Taiwan's long-standing geopolitical status and its determination to deter any potential aggression from China.
- ▪The summit in Beijing raised fears about Taiwan's future being traded off in US-China negotiations.
- ▪Taiwan's government is working to expand its defense budget to enhance its military capabilities.
- ▪Taiwan's relative calm contrasts with global anxieties about the implications of the Trump-Xi dialogue.
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The most common worry expressed around the world concerning the summit meeting in Beijing on May 14-15 was the fear that the future of Taiwan and its 23 million residents might be traded off in a deal between the men leading the world’s two true superpowers, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump. The American president might soften his country’s support for Taiwan in return for Chinese help in ending the war in Iran. He might get such spectacular promises from Xi of Chinese purchases of soybeans or Boeing aircraft that he would agree to reduce US sales of weapons to Taiwan. As far as we can tell from this secretive summit from which few public statements emerged, no such deal was done.
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