The longheld US position to defend Taiwan’s independent status in the face of Chinese aggression is looking shaky under the Trump administration, in spite of Taiwanese efforts to court the American president. This week, Gideon talks to analyst and author James Crabtree - former director of the Asia office of the International Institute for Strategic Studies - about why the US now seems more interested in doing a deal with China than showing support for Taiwan. They also discuss the broader implications that this, and other issues, might have for US alliances across the Indo-Pacific region, including relations with South Korea, Japan, Australia and India.Clips:&nbsp;Amazon PrimeFollow Gideon on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman.bsky.social</a> or X <a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman</a>More on this topic:<a href="https://on.ft.com/4220NWW" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Taiwan raises defence spending by 23% under US pressure to counter China threat</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/467WxHV" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Donald Trump blocks Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te from New York stopover</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3JwemHY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US cancelled military talks with Taiwan</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3UPDg7M" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump is the gift that keeps giving to China</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3VjWS41" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The geopolitics of chips: Taiwan’s ‘Silicon Shield’</a>Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Clare Williamson. Sound design is by Breen Turner. The executive producer is Flo Phillips.<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/84d6eaee-6510-437d-862d-8cfcf36929f5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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