00:00A rare phone call between the leaders of the U.S. and China is highlighting their different
00:04priorities.
00:05For the U.S., it's trade.
00:07For China, it's Taiwan.
00:09U.S. President Donald Trump honed in on foreign policy and trade, like soybean and oil purchases,
00:14mentioning Taiwan only briefly.
00:16China's readout, on the other hand, focused quite strongly on the topic, saying the Taiwan
00:20question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations.
00:24Taiwan is China's territory and that it will never allow Taiwan to be separated.
00:27But they also added that the U.S. must handle the issue of arms sales to Taiwan with prudence.
00:33That last line is likely referring to a more than 10 billion U.S. arms package that Washington
00:38approved for the country.
00:40Here in Taiwan, President Lai Ching-de emphasized that the core issues haven't changed.
00:45First, the Chinese government and the Chinese government are not related.
00:50The majority of the Chinese government is not related to the Chinese government.
00:52The fact that the British government has adopted a better funktioniert in Taiwan's
00:56The U.S.ynist government does not mean fact that international policy is about the most important
01:11and clear understanding of the private-proof κ CHAN.
01:16Analysts in Taiwan are noting the timing of this call.
01:19It followed a video conference between Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
01:24At the same time, Wang Huning, Beijing's top official in charge of Taiwan affairs, was
01:28hosting a high-level meeting with Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang.
01:31One analyst we spoke to says this is not a coincidence.
02:00So, while Trump may be focusing on trade, many here are wondering how he will navigate
02:05the delicate Taiwan issue when he meets with Xi Jinping in April.
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