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she and battles uh josh welcome how are you let's talk about it hey guys great to be back with

you so let's uh talk about taiwan and the stakes involved because there's been a lot of talk,

well, for decades and certainly more recently about does the U.S. defend Taiwan, et cetera,

what's China's timetable?

Let's start with what would it look like to the world economy if China made a serious military move on Taiwan?

Right. Well, it's in the news, of course, because President Trump went to China, met with Xi Jinping, and then said,

I'm not so sure I'm going to sell Taiwan the arms that we promised we were going to sell them.

We sent a shockwave through the region, especially through Taiwan, because without those U.S. arms, the chance of deterring, much less repelling any sort of Chinese invasion for the Taiwanese goes way, way down. So that's not great, okay? And but the question that you ask is the right one. What happens if they actually try it? And, you know, the main determinant is whether or not we help them.

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