4 days ago · How is Taiwan responding to Donald Trump’s return to the presidency? President Lai Ching-te’s team has suggested that Taipei will submit a substantial weapons purchase request early in the second Trump administration. This could be doubly beneficial. First, it would signal Taiwan’s seriousness in the face of the mounting military threat ...

4 days ago · Photo by Fabio Nodari/Getty Images. During his first term, Donald Trump was one of the more supportive American presidents of Taiwan. Even before he was inaugurated, Trump took the unprecedented ...

Jan 25, 2025 · Hours after Donald Trump’s chilly inauguration in Washington, Taiwan’s parliament voted to freeze billions of dollars in defense spending, in a move some worry could frustrate the famously...

Jan 29, 2025 · Taiwan’s government will soon look at whether it needs to help its domestic industry over threats by President Donald Trump to put tariffs on semiconductors, Premier Cho Jung-tai said on Wednesday.

Sep 25, 2024 · Taiwan, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris; September 25, 2024; ... economic, and defense ties with the island, potentially including more work on trade. A reelected Trump could ramp up pressure on Taiwan firms to invest in U.S. manufacturing, levy higher tariffs, and make Taipei nervous about the U.S.-Taiwan relationship. Trump’s potential advisors ...

Dec 15, 2024 · Experts say Taiwan will be closely watching Trump’s foreign policy and defense appointments, his response to Russia’s war in Ukraine and his demands on allies for clues on the future of the...

Nov 25, 2024 · A November survey sponsored by the National Taiwan University in Taipei found 56% of adults surveyed in Taiwan said they would have preferred Kamala Harris. Only 16% said they supported...

Former President Donald Trump's election win over Kamala Harris could increase tensions with China over trade tariffs, Taiwan, technology and more.

Oct 16, 2024 · In one survey, Taiwan was the only place in the Indo-Pacific that preferred Trump over Biden in the 2020 election. Yet such sentiment has shifted. U.S. President Joe Biden declared four times...

Oct 3, 2024 · The preferences and patterns of former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris reveal differing approaches to Taiwan.