Trump’s quiet change to US position on Taiwan is all about the economy
- Written by Chee Meng Tan, Assistant Professor of Business Economics, University of Nottingham
The US state department has removed a highly symbolic phrase from its routine update on Taiwan. Its previous briefings said: “We do not support Taiwan independence.” This disappeared on February 13 2025.
That’s not all. Donald Trump’s new government also stated on the same day that it advocated a peaceful and coercion free...