It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…some long-awaited clarity on US-China relations. Here are the two major developments that we’re tracking and what they mean moving forward.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just made the strongest official statement on US support for Taiwan in case of a Chinese invasion. Of course, he made this declaration without consulting any military leadership, but hey, at least something happened.
The other development is that Trump and Xi finally set up a phone call. There are clearly some big personalities (and egos) at play here, so it’s a big win to even get this on the calendar. With all the issues going on between China and the US, as well as a slew of internal problems for each country, a chat is long overdue. Especially when that little chat could impact one of the world’s largest trade relationships…