important to mention that he has generally softened his stance in the last few years and on the campaign trail since he served as vice president in taiwan he has really espoused more of a pro status quo, the idea that he will inherit the foreign policy and domestic policy of the outgoing president and that suggests there will not be any radical change and we do not expect him to formally declare independence anytime soon. that said the question here is that china will believe that? policymakers in beijing are so incredibly wary of his intentions and they are also going to be smarting from the fact that this is the third consecutive victory by the dpp and so looking forward i think we can expect a lot of anxiety at least over the next few months or even years. let s talk a little about trade and what the consecutive succession under the dpp could mean for trade with china. that is an interesting dynamic to look at because as strained as the relations are under the dpp, econom
important to mention that he has generally softened his stance in the last few years and on the campaign trail since he served as vice president in taiwan he has really espoused more of a pro status quo, the idea that he will inherit the foreign policy and domestic policy of the outgoing president and that suggests there will not be any radical change and we do not expect him to formally declare independence anytime soon. that said, the question here is will china believe that? policymakers in beijing are so incredibly wary of his intentions and they are also going to be smarting from the fact that this is the third consecutive victory by the dpp, and so looking forward i think we can expect a lot of anxiety at least over the next few months or even years. let s talk a little about trade and what the consecutive succession under the dpp could mean for trade with china. that is an interesting dynamic to look at because as strained as the relations are under the dpp, economics
Succession under the dpp could mean for trade with china. That is an interesting dynamic to look at because as strained as the relations are under the dpp, economics are still intertwined. China is taiwans most important export market, the Cross Strait economics in terms of Supply Chain and investments, they are tight and that is persistent despite the fact that the dpp has been in government since 2016. We have seen moves to try and diversify taiwans trade away from china towards Southeast Asia and western economies but in reality these moves have been difficult to implement. China isjust an incredibly important centre of gravity for the region and that is true for taiwan and as we look at Policy Proposals moving forward, he will still promote Diversification Push but it will be hard
Under the dpp could mean for trade with china. That is an interesting dynamic to look at because as strained as the relations are under the dpp, economics is still intertwined. China is taiwans most important export market, the Cross Strait economics in terms of Supply Chain and investments, they are tight and that is persistent despite the fact that the dpp has been in government since 2016. We have seen moves to try and diversify taiwans trade away from china towards Southeast Asia and western economies but in reality these moves have been difficult to implement. China isjust an incredibly important centre of gravity for the region and that is true for taiwan and as we look at Policy Proposals moving forward he will still promote Diversification Push but it will be hard
world. all right pablo foley there in washington thank you so much. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. south african president jacob zuma will appeal the high court s decision to deny him a permanent stay of prosecution on corruption charges he s been charged with fraud racketeering and money laundering in connection with a $2000000000.00 arms deal with a french arms company. ali davidson has suspended production off its lifeway electric motorcycle which the brand had rolled out as part of a diversification push the decision follows the discovery of a problem with vehicles battery also it appears buyers of its traditional motorbikes weren t interested in an electric version of their favorite model. searching for prices caused by a widespread outbreak of swine fever have driven up china s inflation to 3 percent