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US-China trade war: Opinion

Donald Trump takes to the stage for his last rally before the presidential election, in Van Andel Arena on November 5, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

Opinion | Trump’s rise signals the end of US global leadership

Expect greater isolationism in favour of bilateral, outcome-based deals with no more free rides for allies as Trump seeks capitulation, not cooperation.

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Opinion | Transactional Trump may well improve US-China ties

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Opinion | Trump’s return as president marks the end of American exceptionalism

Trump’s second term will mark a turn in US foreign policy towards a transactional approach and hasten the start of a multipolar world order.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens

Opinion | Trump’s tariffs would be a disaster for US workers and businesses

Many think Trump’s tariffs on imports will boost profits and help workers, but tariffs cannot do both and might do neither.

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Opinion | China-bashing is hurting Asian-Americans and US business interests

From a ‘China Week’ of anti-Beijing bills to targeting Hong Kong’s trade offices, the narrative is harming Asian-Americans and US businesses.

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Outside In | Amid national security angst, US can’t see its biggest threat is at home

Paranoia over grave and imminent dangers all around is distracting America from the serious risks of domestic terrorism and political violence.

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Trump supporters push against a police barricade at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. A US survey revealed that the leading national security concern is the possibility of domestic terrorism and political violence, particularly around the coming presidential election. Photo: Los Angeles Times/TNS

Opinion | Like the US before World War I, China is staying above the fray

China is geared towards creating more opportunities for its own peaceful development, rather than obsessing over global hegemony.

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Macroscope | China’s uneven recovery risks more US protectionism, even if Trump loses

China’s trade surplus and deflationary policies propping up its push for hi-tech manufacturing mean a sharp US response is likely, whoever wins the November election.

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Opinion | US needs a techno-industrial plan to beat China’s factories of the future

China’s shift towards advanced industries will give it such economic and strategic advantages that an equally powerful US response is necessary.

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US President Joe Biden speaks on Bidenomics at the Flex facility in West Columbia, South Carolina, US, on July 6, 2023. If the Chinese strategy succeeds, US companies in advanced industries will be wiped out, leaving the US increasingly dependent on China for critical goods. Photo: Bloomberg

Opinion | US warnings against China’s tech dominance smack of thief crying ‘thief’

Washington’s accusations are clearly driven more by its fear of the US losing its tech hegemony than by China overtaking it.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens

Opinion | Mexico is ground zero as China takes Global South battle to US backyard

Since its free trade agreement with the US, Mexico has seen more crime and obesity, but little economic growth. Now, it is seeing a surge in Chinese investment.

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Opinion | US tariffs on China are a slap in the face for global trade and the WTO

The tariffs largely represent US efforts to bend the rules to reverse its fortunes in sectors where it is losing ground and struggling to compete with China.

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Opinion | Financial Armageddon: the world just can’t afford an endless US-China trade war

Those who curb real trade and expand financial sanctions don’t seem to understand the likeliness of a destructive outcome for all. The West is wrecking the foundations of its prosperity.

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President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on May 14, announcing plans to impose major new tariffs on electric vehicles, semiconductors, solar equipment and medical supplies imported from China. Photo: AP

Opinion | Delusions of detente: how US-China ties are hurtling towards cold war

While maintaining diplomacy and setting up guard rails, the US is also painting an “axis of evil” narrative and courting allies to isolate China on every front.

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Opinion | Stable footing? In reality, US-China trade tensions are intensifying

As trade investigations into Chinese shipbuilding, steel and aluminium suggest more tariffs and a review of Trump-era tariffs unlikely to end in a rollback, expect China to respond with force.

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Opinion | US-China trade rivalry boils down to competition for jobs and prosperity

‘Bidenomics’ and Xi’s common prosperity share strikingly similar beliefs but because both economies are trade-linked and seek tech advancement, conflict becomes inevitable.

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Opinion | America’s sick obsession with China will ruin itself and the world

The US fixation on a China threat distracts it from its serious domestic challenges and holds the world back from addressing critical challenges, from climate change and wars to AI risks.

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Police officers trying to push back a pro-Trump mob attempting to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. America is deeply polarised, and the coming presidential election is unlikely to mend its fractured social fabric. Photo: Getty Images

Opinion | Amid titanic US-China clash, Europe must make its own plans quickly

While the US and China settle in for a drawn-out economic war, Europe is unlikely to have the luxury of toughing it out. China makes the goods and the US has the dollar, where does that leave Europe?

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Opinion | As world erects barriers against Chinese exports, what about free trade?

Slamming China for capitalising on its manufacturing advantages to produce competitively priced exports is hypocritical and against the principles of free trade.

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Opinion | When US politicians succumb to China bashing, America pays the price

China bashing, which has intensified ahead of the US presidential election, is shortsighted, undermines justified criticism of China and, critically, distracts from America’s real challenges.

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Opinion | Why Trump’s return wouldn’t concern China much

Donald Trump’s intentions towards China are clear, Beijing has seen him off before and this time, the US has less economic leverage, ironically, thanks to its decoupling efforts. If anything, Trump 2.0 will alienate the world.

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Opinion | Beijing is debunking ‘China threat’ myth through trade and cooperation

China is working on the genuine concerns poisoning its relationship with the West, such as better market access and intellectual property protection. It wants to show it is part of the solution for a better world.

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Outside In | Shining a light on the dark forces of industrial policies

With industrial policy interventions growing, the transparency provided by a new global tracker will enable organisations like the IMF and WTO to distinguish between the good and bad.

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Opinion | US and EU trade barriers not only hurt China, they also derail climate action

Europe’s carbon border tax is shifting the burden to poorer nations while the West’s redrawing of supply chains is preventing China from cheaply and efficiently supplying the global green transition.

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Illustration: Craig Stephen

Opinion | Climate action? First, we must stop fighting among ourselves

Achieving a balance between prosperity and environmental stewardship remains a formidable challenge, compounded by climate change denial. But the biggest obstacle to tackling global warming may well be our enduring hostilities with one another.

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Opinion | To best honour Kissinger, let’s keep working on healthy, stable China-US relations

Kissinger spent half his life on China-US ties. The best way, perhaps, to remember and honour him is to turn the Xi-Biden San Franciso vision into reality and move relations to a better place.

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Opinion | Sino-US conflict, China crash? Xi-Biden dialogue suggests otherwise

US dialogue efforts, President Xi Jinping’s warm reception in San Francisco, including from business leaders, and China’s still-impressive economic growth say it all.

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US-China trade war: Opinion
Breaking news and analysis on the US-China trade war, its history and timeline, and the impact on the global economy.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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