Taiwan in the EU’s Indo-Pacific strategy with Laia Comerma

Despite shared democratic values and growing trade ties, the EU continues to treat Taiwan as a “second-tier partner”, prioritizing economic engagement over political or security commitments. The EU’s balancing act between Taiwan and China remains a central challenge, with diverging views among member states complicating a unified approach. In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social), welcomes back Dr Laia Comerma, now also a postdoctoral researcher under the Hans van Baalen scholarship. They talk about Laia's policy paper A second-tier partner? Taiwan in the EU’s Indo-Pacific strategy, an ELF publication. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Liberal Social and Fundacja Liberté!, with the financial support of the European Parliament. Neither the European Parliament nor the European Liberal Forum are responsible for the content or for any use that be made of.