Second, Taiwan relations with its most critical friend — the US — are closer than any time since 1979. Third, there is a truce in the US-China trade war. The trade war, however, has hurt Americans — businesses, consumers, farmers, and workers. And as far as Taiwanese are concerned, even if there are some who benefit from US-China trade tensions today, more will prosper from their resolution. With USMCA, the US-Japan Trade Agreement and phase one of the US-China trade talks done, the decks at USTR are clear.

Source: Taipei Times January 05, 2020 15:56 UTC