Historian Sir Niall Ferguson warns Australia will be heavily impacted by any Chinese aggression on Taiwan or a conflict between the United States and China.

He warns decoupling will happen quickly if conflict takes place, and Australia will be significantly impacted.

“When the US does economic sanctions that’s a pretty drastic change to economic relations,” he told 2GB Afternoons host Michael McLaren.

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