特朗普对高市说，希望日本不要在台湾问题上走得太远
编者按：本文2025年11月26日由《华尔街日报》发布，英文题目和副标题是“Trump, After Call With China’s Xi, Told Tokyo to Lower the Volume on Taiwan–Japan, a U.S. ally that had angered China on Taiwan, found the message worrying”，中文由谷歌翻译，本站编辑做了一些润色。《华尔街日报》前天报道说，习特通话是中方提出的，但美国财政部部长贝森特在接受采访时说，习特通话是白宫最先提出的。中国外交部发言人也说通话是美方最先提出的。究竟是先提出通话目前不得而知，但很有可能是美方率先提出，中方认为机不可失。英文原文附在中文翻译之后。仅供读者参考。
特朗普与习近平通话后，要求东京缓和对台立场
–日本是美国的盟友，此前在台湾问题上激怒了中国，因此对（特朗普的）建议感到担忧。
中国领导人习近平很生气，而特朗普总统正在倾听。
几天前，日本首相高市早苗暗示，如果中国攻击台湾，东京可能会采取军事行动，此举激怒了中国。据知情人士透露，几天后，习近平与特朗普进行了半小时的通话，强调中国对这个台湾的历史性主权声索，以及华盛顿和北京共同维护世界秩序的责任。
当天晚些时候，特朗普安排了与高市早苗的通话，并建议她不要在台湾主权问题上挑衅北京。日本官员和一位了解通话情况的美国人表示。据知情人士透露，特朗普的建议很委婉，他并没有向高市施压，要求她收回之前的言论。
日本官员表示，这一信息令人担忧：总统不希望台湾问题上的摩擦危及上个月与习近平达成的缓和协议，该协议包括承诺从受贸易战重创的美国农民手中购买更多农产品。
当被问及与高市的通话时，白宫向《华尔街日报》发布了特朗普的声明：“美国与中国的关系非常好，这对我们亲密的盟友日本来说也非常好。与中国保持良好关系对中美两国都是一件好事。我认为，习近平主席将大幅增加大豆和其他农产品的采购，任何对我们农民有利的事情对我来说都是好事。”
特朗普补充道：“我们与日本、中国、韩国和许多其他国家签署了非常棒的贸易协议，世界一片和平。让我们继续保持这种状态！”
日本首相办公室拒绝置评。
这一事件凸显了美中关系的新现实。随着中国国家主席和习近平主席准备明年举行多次会晤，与中国的贸易休战和台湾问题已密不可分。尽管美国官方政策承认但不支持北京对台湾的主权声索，但华盛顿已向台湾提供防御性武器，以确保台湾的命运不会由中国武力决定。
特朗普赞扬高市早苗在防务问题上的强硬立场，并在日本横须贺市的一艘美国航空母舰上与她举行了一次活动，以展示两国的联盟关系。
然而，在特朗普正努力与中国领导人建立关系之际，高市早苗的言论激怒了习近平，这对特朗普来说无疑是雪上加霜。
11月7日，高市早苗在国会议员面前警告说，如果中国攻击台湾，日本可能会与其他国家联合部署军队。此番言论促使北京对日本采取了经济和外交报复措施。一位中国外交官在社交媒体上发帖称，应该砍掉她的脖子。
知情人士透露，特朗普与高市的通话反映了中国官方对周一特朗普与习近平会谈的报道中对台湾问题的重点关注。中方发布的声明称，习近平告诉特朗普，“台湾回归中国是战后国际秩序的重要组成部分”。
一位了解此事的美国人士表示，在通话中，特朗普建议高市缓和她对台湾问题的言论语气。他还补充说，特朗普了解高市在国内政治上的顾虑，也知道她可能无法完全收回那些激怒北京的言论。
东京方面则认为，高市是在进行假设性讨论，阐述的是日本长期以来的政策，尽管一位在任首相如此直言不讳实属罕见。
特朗普周二晚间告诉记者，他与高市进行了“很好的谈话”。他说：“我们关系很好。” “她非常聪明，非常坚强。她将会是一位伟大的领导人。”
周三，高市在国会辩论中表示，她原本不打算就台湾问题发表具体言论。一些分析人士认为，这是她态度软化的迹象。“我并不打算提及任何细节，”当一位议员就激怒北京的言论询问她时，高市说道。
分析人士表示，通话顺序——先与中国通话，后与日本通话——可能反映出特朗普为了维护美中贸易关系，愿意在核心地缘政治问题上限制盟友的争议性立场。
“美国总统与中国和日本领导人通话并不令人意外，”美国外交关系委员会前奥巴马政府亚洲问题专家、专注于地缘经济研究的马修·古德曼表示，“但通话顺序很有意思，很可能引起了东京方面的一些关注。”
Trump, After Call With China’s Xi, Told Tokyo to Lower the Volume on Taiwan
–Japan, a U.S. ally that had angered China on Taiwan, found the message worrying
President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea last month. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
Chinese leader Xi Jinping was angry, and President Trump was listening.
Days after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi outraged China by suggesting a Chinese attack on Taiwan could mobilize a Tokyo military response, Xi spent half of an hourlong phone call with Trump, people briefed on the matter said, hammering home China’s historic claim to the democratic self-governing island as well as Washington and Beijing’s joint responsibility to manage the world order.
Later the same day, Trump set up a call with Takaichi and advised her not to provoke Beijing on the question of Taiwan’s sovereignty, said Japanese officials and an American briefed on the call. The advice from Trump was subtle, and he didn’t pressure Takaichi to walk back her comments, those briefed on the calls said.
The Japanese officials said the message was worrying: The president didn’t want friction over Taiwan to endanger a detente reached last month with Xi, which includes a promise to buy more agricultural products from American farmers hit hard by the trade war.
Asked about the exchange with Takaichi, the White House issued a statement from Trump to The Wall Street Journal: “The United States relationship with China is very good, and that’s also very good for Japan, who is our dear and close ally. Getting along with China is a great thing for China and the U.S. In my opinion, President Xi will be substantially upping his purchase of soybean and other farm products, and anything good for our farmers is good for me.”
“We signed wonderful trade deals with Japan, China, South Korea, and many other nations, and the world is at peace,” Trump added. “Let’s keep it that way!”
The Japanese prime minister’s office declined to comment.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at a press conference this week. Jiji Press/EPA/Shutterstock
The episode highlights a new reality in U.S.-China relations. The trade truce with China and the issue of Taiwan have become inextricably linked, as the president and Xi prepare for several meetings next year. While official U.S. policy acknowledges without endorsing Beijing’s claim over the island, Washington has provided Taiwan with defensive arms, to ensure its fate isn’t determined by force from China.
Trump has praised Takaichi for her tough stance on defense and held an event with her aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Japanese city of Yokosuka in a display of the two countries’ alliance.
But she has infuriated Xi at a bad time for Trump, as he cultivates a relationship with the Chinese leader.
Speaking to lawmakers on Nov. 7, Takaichi warned that Japan could deploy its military with other nations if China were to attack Taiwan. The remarks prompted Beijing to take retaliatory economic and diplomatic measures against Japan. A Chinese diplomat posted on social media that her neck should be cut off.
Trump’s call to Takaichi reflected the intense focus on Taiwan in the official Chinese account of the discussion Monday between Trump and Xi, the people briefed on the matter said. Xi told Trump that “Taiwan’s return to China is an important component of the postwar international order,” the Chinese readout said.
In their phone conversation, Trump suggested to Takaichi that she temper the tone of her comments about Taiwan, the American briefed on the matter said, adding that Trump had been briefed on her domestic political constraints and was aware she likely couldn’t fully retract her comments that angered Beijing.
Tokyo’s position is that Takaichi was talking hypothetically and articulating longstanding Japanese policy, though it was unusual for a sitting prime minister to be so explicit.
Trump told reporters Tuesday night that he had “a great talk” with Takaichi. “We have a great relationship,” he said. “She’s very smart, she’s very strong. And she’s going to be a great leader.”
In a debate in Japan’s Parliament, Takaichi said Wednesday she hadn’t planned to get specific on Taiwan contingency, comments that some analysts see as a softening signal. “I didn’t intend to mention any specifics,” Takaichi said, when a lawmaker asked her about the remarks that irked Beijing.
Analysts said the sequence of the calls—China first, then Japan—could reflect a willingness by Trump to curb an ally’s controversial stance on a core geopolitical issue in service of the U.S. trade relationship with Beijing.
“It’s not at all surprising for a U.S. president to talk to both the Chinese and Japanese leaders,” said Matthew Goodman, a former Obama administration Asia specialist who focuses on geoeconomic studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. “But the order of the calls is interesting and likely raised some eyebrows in Tokyo.”
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The call between Trump and Xi highlighted what matters most to the two leaders.
A person close to the White House said the call was about trade, adding that Washington is concerned over China’s delaying implementation of its promised soybean purchases.
Trump said Tuesday night he told Xi that “I’d like you to buy a little faster,” referring to China’s promised purchases of American farm products. “He’s more or less agreed to do that,” he said.
Following Trump’s late-October meeting with Xi in South Korea, Washington said China agreed to purchase 12 million metric tons of soybeans by the end of the year and 25 million metric tons annually for the next three years. Beijing hasn’t issued an official statement confirming those numbers.
Taiwan was Xi’s overriding focus. While Xi didn’t name Japan or ask Trump to pressure Tokyo directly, the people said, his discussion of the post-World War II order was an implicit reference to Japan as the losing party, showing the depth of his concern over the recent tensions.
The Wall Street Journal reported in September that Xi was chasing the ultimate concession from Trump, a pledge to “oppose” Taiwan’s independence. The State Department said at the time that the U.S. opposes “any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side” and that “China presents the single greatest threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.”
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