Bloomberg Surveillance · Thursday, September 24, 2026
Elizabeth Economy highlights Taiwan's aggressive approach to defense and de-risking from China, suggesting the U.S. should look to Taiwan as an example. Taiwan has significantly reduced its trade with China from 43% to about 23% over five to seven years.
“Taiwan, for its part, frankly. Has been moving very aggressively, both in terms of taking its defense into its own hands, of course, still very reliant on the United States, but also de-risking from China. I mean, I think if the United States wants an example of how to de-risk, they ought to look at what Taiwan's done. over the past five to seven years, because they've taken their trade with China down from 43 to about 23 percent. So, you know, some concern over what President Trump might say or do with regard to U.S. support for Taiwan in his discussions.”