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US-China trade wari

Breaking news and analysis on the US-China trade war, its history and timeline, and the impact on the global economy.

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  • As numerous countries mount or prepare investigations into goods from China, data and expert opinion suggest matters will only worsen in the immediate future
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Federal officials and members of Congress repeatedly raise the need to address the national security risks and unfair trade practices posed by China’s technology sectors.

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The economists say Trump’s policies would reignite inflation, because of his pledge to impose stiffer tariffs on Chinese imports, which they say will hike prices on many goods bought by US consumers.

China is no longer the top source of US imports, while recent tariff increases on a range of Chinese goods have added to trade tensions between Beijing and Washington.

Canada accused China of ‘anticompetitive practices’ as it announced it will launch a public consultation exploring potential tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. The only battery-powered car built in China and exported to Canada is Tesla’s Model Y.

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Xu Lin said Western tariffs on Chinese exports could speed up ‘process of clearing up overcapacity in China’, meaning ‘survival of fittest’.

Chinese drone maker DJI has blasted a bill that would ban sales of its products in the US as ‘baseless allegations and xenophobic fear’, as it reiterated its commitment to user data security.

The founder of the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates warns the world’s two largest economies are in risky positions, as they address domestic challenges.

In ‘Lost Decade’, two prominent Washington analysts say a US ‘pivot to Asia’, originally undertaken in 2011, has failed and that renewing it is critical to stability with China.

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