Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said there’s a lack of strategic trust between the superpowers due to tensions over Taiwan, which is the ‘reddest of red lines for Beijing’
A continued lack of strategic trust between the US and China could create an “escalatory spiral” that leads to a potential mishap between the two nations at a time when tensions are flaring over Taiwan, according to Singapore’s foreign minister.
“The key missing ingredient in this relationship, from the perspective of a dispassionate third country, is that there is a lack of strategic trust between the United States and China,” Vivian Balakrishnan said on Friday in New York at an event hosted by the Asia Society, according to prepared remarks.
“I think the ultimate focal point for this is the Taiwan Strait, which is the reddest of red lines for Beijing.”
