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 Here's your summary from Trump Questions If US Has Duty To Protect Taiwan | Bloomberg: The China Show 7/17/2024 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEc6oP4C97w) on the Bloomberg Television channel:
### TLDR:
Trump questions US obligation to defend Taiwan, emphasizing transactional foreign policy.

### Key Points:
1. Asian equities rise as Fed rate cut bets drive investment into riskier assets.
2. Trump questions US duty to protect Taiwan in exclusive Bloomberg interview.
3. Hong Kong financial firms asked to return some of their pay as part of China's common prosperity drive.
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