WSJ: US allies in Asia concerned about Trump’s actions

The United States has bilateral defense treaties with Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and South Korea. Officials in these countries have privately expressed concerns that Donald Trump could make a deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping “over disputed territories in Asia or allow North Korea’s nuclear program to remain a threat.” At the same time, public statements by politicians, on the contrary, indicate the complete confidence of the authorities of these countries in the support of the United States in the event of military aggression from China or North Korea, the newspaper notes. A former Philippine presidential administration official told the newspaper that security officials in the Philippines are having conversations that “actually show concern.” According to him, the recent actions of trump indicate that the countries of the Asian region will need to take responsibility for their defense in their own hands. A similar scenario is considered by a researcher at the Center for Policy Studies in Asia at the Washington Brookings Institution, Lynn Quoc. She believes that there is a possibility of a deal between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. “If Washington is willing to make a deal with Putin at Europe’s expense, Asia can only ask if it will do the same with Xi at the expense of Asia,” she said. In February 2025, the US president signed an executive order imposing duties on Chinese goods, linking this to the need to combat the supply of synthetic opioids. In response, Beijing imposed duties on coal and liquefied natural gas from the United States.

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