Could the New British PM Herald a New Era for Taiwan-U.K. Ties?

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Could the U.K. name China as a “national security threat” for the first time? And with the British Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee announcing its long-awaited trip will go ahead by year-end, TaiwanPlus Point takes a look at whether the two leadership candidates could radically change Britain’s position on the Taiwan Strait. William Chung, Institute for National Defense and Security Research associate researcher, and Ben Blanchard, Reuters Taiwan Bureau Chief, help us analyze the consequences of Truss and Sunak’s positions on Taiwan and China. In addition, Richard Stokes-Green, British Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (BCCT) CEO, discusses Taiwan-U.K. trade, and we speak to Taiwan's Vice Minister of Overseas Community Affairs Council, Roy Leu, and to Central News Agency (CNA) London correspondent Yulia Chen. Topics covered include: -Taiwan’s new record defense budget – does it open a lucrative market for the U.K.’s arms industry? -Amid Ukraine, what it would take for the U.K. to step toward a U.S.-style Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), which sells Taiwan arms. -Also, what the AUKUS trilateral security partnership means for both the UK and Taiwan, with its nuclear-powered submarines capable of reaching Taiwan -The series of events that triggered a dramatic slide in Britain-PRC ties from the so-called ‘Golden Era’ under David Cameron and how this affects Taiwan -In the wake of the UK Parliament’s visit, could China retaliate with economic coercion, given China is the U.K.’s largest import partner -Why the Taiwan-U.K. trading relationship is at its best in years – How the renewables industry is driving that accelerated growth -How Taiwan’s Mandarin Learning Centers should play their role in Taiwan enhancing its soft power globally

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