Weathering Trump 2.0
While the 47th U.S. president has declared a trade war on all nations, China has the strength to get ahead despite the complex rivalry.
While the 47th U.S. president has declared a trade war on all nations, China has the strength to get ahead despite the complex rivalry.
The correct way for China and the U.S. to coexist is to reduce strategic misjudgments and—on the premise of respecting each other’s sovereignty, security and development interests—face global challenges together. Neither side should seek to reshape the other according to its own will.
Simply regarding China-U.S. science and technology relations as a zero-sum diplomatic game will undermine the far-reaching significance of science and technology cooperation.
China and the U.S. have long developed mutually beneficial economic ties over the past decades. Moreover, China is more resilient, stronger, and more confident than it was eight years ago.
But if Washington is serious about preserving the dollar’s global stature, it should stop viewing developments in global financial markets with a hostile attitude in general, and definitely stop weaponizing the dollar in particular.
Trump’s threat of additional tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada is a continuation of protectionist policies that benefit no one.
Over the coming four years, Trump’s tariff-driven agenda will likely remain a destabilizing force to globalization, undermining existing trade systems and reshaping the international economic landscape.
We hope that the people of China and the United States can get along with each other like pomegranate seeds.
The [main] Western characteristic is one of force, one of domination, and one of win-lose situations, as opposed to win-win situations that China is trying to advance, where the country would like to see everyone win by upholding the idea of common prosperity on a global level.
As has often happened in history, the sanctions and restrictions have stimulated new development. This has been the case with the production of the latest semiconductors.
Driven by practical interests, the Philippines has followed the U.S. foreign policy, taking an antagonistic stance against China on the Huangyan Dao issue.
At the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Peru, President Xi Jinping promises open cooperation and development, providing assurance in an era of uncertainties, trade protectionism, and geopolitical tension.