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Is Biden Really Misspeaking on Taiwan?

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Is Biden Really Misspeaking on Taiwan?
President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall hosted by anchor Anderson Cooper at Baltimore Center Stage in Baltimore, Maryland, on Oct. 21, 2021. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
Clyde Prestowitz
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In a recent interview, President Joe Biden raised a storm of commentary by telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper that the United States would defend Taiwan if it were attacked by China. In fact, he emphasized that America had made a commitment to provide such defense.

Clyde Prestowitz
Clyde Prestowitz
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Clyde Prestowitz is an Asia and globalization expert, a veteran U.S. trade negotiator, and presidential adviser. He was the leader of the first U.S. trade mission to China in 1982 and has served as an adviser to Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, and Obama. As counselor to the secretary of commerce in the Reagan administration, Prestowitz headed negotiations with Japan, South Korea, and China. His newest book is "The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership," which was published in January 2021.
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