The Trump-Xi Detente Has a Taiwan Problem

Incompatible visions for Taiwan remain, and Taipei’s politics are becoming harder to ignore.

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The U.S.-China relationship is on more stable footing after last week’s summit between their leaders. They agreed to reduce tariffs on roughly $30 billion of imports, with most of the covered products returning to most-favored-nation rates, and extended the existing trade truce until January 2027. The meeting also produced a framework for cooperation on financial […]

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Victoria Herczegh
Viktória Herczegh is an analyst at Geopolitical Futures. She is also a PhD candidate at the Political Science and International Relations Doctoral School of Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. Her PhD research topic is "Double Standards projected by Great Powers". Ms. Herczegh holds a bachelor's degree of Chinese Language and Culture and a master's degree of East Asian Studies. She also spent one semester at Shanghai International Studies University studying Mandarin Chinese. Ms. Herczegh is a native Hungarian fluent in English, Spanish, French and Mandarin.