Trump Blinked and Beijing Knows It

Trump’s Tariff Gamble and the Decay of the Neoliberal Order - American Affairs Journal

What meaning—if any—can we discern in President Trump’s decisions to impose, and then pause, tariffs on the entire world? And what does this mean for the future of world order? At the time of writing, Trump seems to be retreating from the most aggressive tariff actions, promising a new round of trade “deals,” includ­ing with… Continue reading Trump’s Tariff Gamble and the Decay of the Neoliberal Order on American Affairs Journal.

Chinese exporters are offering sweet deals to U.S. businesses. They often come wrapped in fraud

The practice, which has been around since Trump's first term, is gaining momentum as businesses scramble for workarounds to sidestep the new tariffs.

If, on the one hand, the United States has announced the economic war on China, on the other, Beijing has responded strategically without declaring anything nor making the same proclamations as Trump

For years, theorists have postulated the beginning of a “Chinese century ”: a world in which China finally harnesses its enormous economic and technological potential to overcome the United States and redirect global power around a pole that passes through Beijing. It is possible that that century has already begun, and when historians look back, they will most likely point out the first months of President Trump’s second term as the decisive mo…

He Lifeng, the trusted aide to Xi Jinping who broke the trade deadlock

Speaking several languages is an important skill, we are often told by teachers, parents and human resources managers. But perhaps not so much for He Lifeng, the second vice-premier and chief economic negotiator of the Chinese government, who has just reached a deal with the United States on a 90-day tariff respite despite having — according to the media — a rather limited command of English.Seguir leyendo

Message from US-China trade truce: Trump may not have the upper hand

In the US-China trade truce agreed to last week, US President Donald Trump blinked and Chinese leader Xi Jinping scored a victory. As China reached a truce without any meaningful concessions, it also showed other large US trading partners, such as India and Japan, how they could negotiate from a stronger position.