Global Outlook: how would the US react if China tried to seize Taiwan?

Article tags ForecastingPoliticsTelecommunicationsAsiaGlobalCountry Analysis

In the EIU’s latest global outlook video, Agathe Demarais, Andrew Viteritti and Dexter Thillien discuss the global implications of a potential Chinese attempt to annex Taiwan.

Chinese incursions in Taiwan’s airspace have increased in recent weeks amid belligerent rhetoric from China that Beijing would, at some point, proceed with so-called “reunification” with Taiwan. EIU’s US analyst, Andrew Viteritti, discusses the key reasons why the risk of a Chinese attempt to annex Taiwan will raise in the early 2030s and how the US would react.

A military conflict between China and Taiwan would have huge implications for the global semiconductor industry. Dexter Thillien, EIU’s lead telecommunications analyst, explains why Taiwan is so important to the semiconductor industry and how both the US and China are looking to lessen their reliance on Taiwan for microchips.

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Fri, 29th Oct 2021 Article tags ForecastingPoliticsTelecommunicationsAsiaGlobalCountry Analysis