in california, in an early morning statement, the ea rly morning statement, the spokesperson early morning statement, the spokesperson for the chinese ministry accused washington of colluding with taiwan, especially over the issue of arms sales, earlier mr mccarthy said washington must strengthen in economic cooperation with the island that china has claimed as its own. whether it is our deep claimed as its own. whether it is our deep commercial- claimed as its own. whether it is our deep commercial ties, l is our deep commercial ties, strong people to people relationships, our shared values, our cooperation with the people of taiwan continue to expand through dialogue and exchange. mr to expand through dialogue and exchanae. ~ a ., , , exchange. mr mccarthy is the most senior exchange. mr mccarthy is the most senior us exchange. mr mccarthy is the most senior us figure - exchange. mr mccarthy is the most senior us figure to - exchange. mr mccarthy is the | most senior
for taiwan itself to be more resilient and also to diversify its own industrial base as well. one thing is you want to point out is that taiwan has great faith in what it calls is silicon shield, that because of so many countries are dependent on importing taiwanese semiconductors, that they gives taiwan protection and that gives taiwan the defence other countries coming to its defence should there be an invasion by china. she defence should there be an invasion by china. invasion by china. she was speaking invasion by china. she was speaking to invasion by china. she was speaking to me invasion by china. she was speaking to me a - invasion by china. she was speaking to me a little - invasion by china. she was i speaking to me a little earlier . emmanuel macron arrived in the chinese capitol on wednesday, accompanied by an entourage of misleaders. in a few hours sleep time he and the president of the un commission, is lower than underline will meet with xi jinping. rico boy
travelling, as you said, with many business leaders for whom china is a huge market and, according to the chinese ambassador to france, we can expect some deals in aerospace, nuclear energy, and say for example the boss of abarza is expected to be there as well. and especially for france president macron, who has been facing is rather embarrassing protest at home, he deftly wants to score those economic victories, so a very tricky balancing act for him. mariko oi en balancing act for him. mariko 0i en that balancing act for him. mariko oi en that story balancing act for him. mariko oi en that story for balancing act for him. mariko oi en that story for us. - balancing act for him. mariko oi en that story for us. in s i oi en that story for us. in s central bank will be unveiling its latest monetary policy and rotations are high that another rate hike is on the cards. my colleague is following the latest twists and turns of what the indian central bank is going to do and joins me
affect taiwanese businesses. so the affect taiwanese businesses. sr the mccarthy meeting that has happened in california today, as well as the nancy pelosi visit to taiwan last summer, these are efforts to actually avoid confrontation between taiwan and china. to say that the united states is going to come to the defence of taiwan should china take action. some would argue that this is not necessarily going to be an effective way to keep china away from taiwan and it is deliberately provoking, but others would argue this is a very effective deterrent. for the business community, what is happening as there are contingency plans already in place. a big taiwanese manufacturer is manufacturing and planning to manufacture more in the united states and other countries as well. we also see that there are efforts
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