Is China Ready for Donald Trump 2.0?
After a sequence of policy errors, Beijing finds itself in a weakened economic position generally and in an especially poor position to face new tariffs from the incoming Trump administration. Read More Here
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Donald Trump returns for a second innings
Republican Donald Trump beat Democrat Kamala Harris in a sweeping win to return to the White House as the 47th President of the United States and become the country’s oldest elected leader after surviving two assassination attempts and several felony charges. Harris, who became the Democrat candidate after President Joe Biden stepped down from the […]
Why the US Can’t Win the Trade War With China – and Shouldn’t Try
At the heart of Sino-American trade tensions is the claim that China’s surging exports are a result of Chinese subsidies. But the driving force behind this glut of cheap goods is a significantly undervalued renminbi, a result of high capital outflows caused by both domestic policies and US restrictions on investment in China. Read More […]
China Balks At Biden’s Insistence On Maintaining Trump-Era Tariffs
China’s Ministry of Commerce has insisted that tariffs on its goods be removed, after US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he was not ready to lift the Trump-era taxes because Beijing had failed to deliver on the promises it made under the phase-one trade deal that expired at the end of last year. Read More Here
U.S.-China Trade Booms As If Virus, Tariffs Never Happened
China and the U.S. are shipping goods to each other at the briskest pace in years, making the world’s largest bilateral trade relationship look as if the protracted tariff war and pandemic never happened. Read More Here
Why Should Biden Ditch Trump’s China Tariffs?
US President Joe Biden will not rescind Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported Chinese goods for China’s benefit. But he has three stronger reasons to do so: The measures have hurt American workers and firms, failed to reduce the overall US trade deficit, and arguably further weakened respect for global economic rules. Read Here | Project […]
G-20: It’s ‘Now or Never’ In The ‘Fight Of The Century’ Between Donald Trump And Xi Jinping
Trump, by standing firm in Argentina this weekend, can accelerate the trend of disengagement of the American and Chinese companies. Yet it is not only the American president who is pushing factories out of China. Xi Jinping is also helping the cause of disengagement by punishing American companies in China, turning Fortune 500 behemoths into […]
Trump To Slap Tariffs On $200B More Chinese Goods
President Donald Trump announced that the United States will impose a 10 percent duty on an additional $200 billion of Chinese imports as of next week, quickly escalating a trade war that has hit broad swaths of the global economy. Read Here – Politico Also Read: U.S. China Trade War: Analysis of Latest Developments
How China’s Middle Class Views The Trade War
Never before has China’s fast-growing middle class confronted such daunting economic challenges, which mainly stem from domestic causes but have expanded to include escalating tensions with the United States. As a result, the members of this crucial group have developed an acute sense of anxiety. Read Here – Foreign Affairs
China Trade Outlook Darkens As Donald Trump Threatens Total Tariffs
China’s chances of escaping the trade conflict with the US with only minor damage to its economy just got slimmer. On Friday, US President Donald Trump doubled down on his threats to impose higher tariffs on the nation’s goods, saying he’s ready to tax all imports “at short notice”. Read Here – South China Morning […]
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