What Can Taiwan and China Expect from Trump 2.0?
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is set to take power on Jan. 20, 2025. The geopolitical landscape has changed significantly in the four years since he left office. What can Taiwan and China expect from Trump this time around? Will his second presidency bring another trade war? How will his pick for U.S. secretary of state, Marco Rubio, be able to deal with China while under Beijing sanctions? And could Elon Musk – who is dubbed “protector of the country” by Chinese, be a go-between to help bridge the U.S.-China divide? On this episode of Correspondents, Chris Buckley, chief China correspondent for The New York Times, and Vic Chiang, a reporter and researcher for The Washington Post’s China bureau, join host Louise Watt for a conversation on what a second Trump term will mean for Taiwan, China and the world.
