Tensions between the U.S. and China over Taiwan have raised the prospect of military conflict — but national security advisor Jake Sullivan thinks such a scenario can be avoided. He discussed that, and more, in an exclusive interview with MorningEdition
testing Beijing's"red line" on Taiwan, which China considers part of its territory.
I don't want to get into hypotheticals about what a particular military contingency would look like. But I will say this. When we entered office, more than 90% of the most advanced semiconductors were produced in Taiwan. The remaining percentage were produced in [Republic of Korea]. 0% percent were produced in the United States.
There is no reason why the United States and China cannot work together to reduce the flow of precursor chemicals that go into fentanyl that is killing tens of thousands of Americans.
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