Tag Archive for: "US–China relations"
The 12 elements of cold war 2.0

The contours of a new and dangerous era are in place. The world has gone from a chilly peace to a new cold war.  Cold war 2.0 has rhymes from version 1.0, yet the origin …

Trump is likely to escalate the US-China trade war

With Donald Trump still leading in polls ahead of the US presidential election, many are wondering how a second Trump administration would approach China. Trump’s stance on purely political issues is unclear. He recently remarked …

The dangerous retreat into protectionism

Trade barriers, tariffs and other protectionist tools are starting to feature more prominently around the world, often appearing under the heading of economic security. The decision by President Joe Biden’s administration this month to quadruple US …

US-China cooperation remains possible

When US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Beijing last month in an effort to stabilise relations with China, many of the issues that he discussed with Chinese President Xi Jinping were highly contentious. For …