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US Vice President J. D. Vance’s visit to India on April 21-24 was aimed at strengthening the two countries’ ties against the background of Trump’s tariff wars with many countries around the globe and the open political and economic confrontation with his main enemy, China.

The radical changes in the global political arena, and in U.S.-China relations, that have become apparent since the new administration took power in the United States are, inevitably, having an impact on one of the major irritants in those relations, namely the Taiwan issue.

President Trump’s abrupt 90-day pause on newly announced tariffs—excluding China—temporarily calmed global markets, triggered a 9% surge in the S&P 500, and exposed the mounting internal and external pressures undermining his hardline trade agenda.