A Brewing Storm Over Taiwan: Global Economic Implications and US Diplomacy The complex web of international relations that underpins the global economy often goes unnoticed by those sipping their morning coffee.
However, when a senior US diplomat warns that conflict over Taiwan would have a greater impact on trade and commerce than World War II, it's impossible to ignore the simmering tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
Raymond Greene, director of the American Institute in Taiwan, made this stark assessment at a recent defense forum in Taipei.