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US-China trade war: Opinion

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

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.

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

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

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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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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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Illustration: Craig Stephens

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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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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Illustration: Stephen Case

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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Illustration: Stephen Case

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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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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An LCD monitoring line at a workshop in Ruichang, in central China’s Jiangxi province, on February 26. Photo: AFP

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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Illustration: Craig Stephens

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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US President Joe Biden talks economic policy at the Flex facility in West Columbia, South Carolina on July 6. Last year, 71 per cent of industrial policy interventions came from advanced economies, with 48 per cent from three alone – China, the EU and the US. Photo: Bloomberg

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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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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US secretary of state Henry Kissinger (right) accepts food from Chinese premier Zhou Enlai during a state banquet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 1973. Photo: Bettmann

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 President Joe Biden gives a thumbs-up as he walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Filoli estate on the sidelines of the Apec summit, in Woodside, California, on November 15. Photo: Reuters

Outside In | The US is making too big a deal over small Chinese parcels

Alleging slave labour and drugs smuggling, some American senators are zoning in on how the country’s de minimis rule benefits Chinese companies. But levying duties on low-value shipments will only punish consumers and small businesses.

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Opinion | Why the US and China are making nice – for now

China needs to reassure foreign investors and revive its economy, while a US with its hands full in Ukraine and Gaza needs to establish guardrails with China.

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Opinion | How the US can accelerate its EV industry and reduce reliance on China

Washington needs to double down on combining policy support, financial incentives and advances in technology, to reduce its reliance on China-sourced material. As it strives to build a home-grown supply chain, investing in Canada’s critical minerals could be a game-changer.

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A young EV supporter holds up a poster at a Washington news conference on April 12. Currently, at least nine US states are pivoting towards EVs and planning to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars after 2035, with several other states considering joining them. Photo: Bloomberg

Opinion | Xi-Biden meeting alone won’t lift the deep US-China mistrust

Divergence on four core strategic issues won’t be so easily bridged. Washington and Beijing have each defined the other as their principal, strategic long-term threat – that must change before relations can truly improve.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens

Opinion | US needs to accept it’s a multipolar world and work with China

In a world where cooperation trumps zero-sum combat, America’s exceptionalism may truly shine. Grand possibilities and the world’s problems await US re-engagement with China.

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Opinion | Don’t be fooled by narrative that China rebuffed US peace efforts

The US isn’t serious about detente or any form of reconciliation. Instead it has been laying the foundation for a cold war or worse, and fabricating a moral high ground.

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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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