Then-US president Donald Trump with Matt Pottinger in Da Nang, Vietnam, in 2017. Photo: AFP China Japan likely to defend Taiwan if Beijing makes moves, former US national security official Matt Pottinger says – Pottinger pushes back on assertions that the Trump administration strained ties with Japan and other allies in the region – ‘Some of the key pillars of our strategy in the Indo-Pacific region were ideas that we borrowed and adapted and shared and collaborated on with Japan,’ he says Topic | US-China relations Then-US president Donald Trump with Matt Pottinger in Da Nang, Vietnam, in 2017.…

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