Open QuestionsWhy Scott Kennedy thinks the US-China trade war is ‘far from the endgame’
The political scientist talks tariffs, a potential deal between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, and why the US dollar has lost some of its lustre
Scott Kennedy is a senior adviser and trustee chair in Chinese business and economics at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank. He has visited China on numerous occasions over the past 37 years and written extensively on the country, particularly regarding its economic policy and relations with the United States.
The Trump administration has offered a variety of explanations for their approach to international trade and management of the global economy. The one that seems most persuasive to me is their view that the international trading system has been deeply unfair to the US for a long time. The US has maintained lower tariff and non-tariff barriers than those from other countries, whether allies or not.