US-China Trade Tensions, Maintaining Peace in East Asia, and More

July 1, 2019

Workers load goods for export onto a crane at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China June 7, 2019. Picture taken June 7, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC18EA753F70

On US-China trade, America is off track

Despite broad agreement in the United States over unfair trade policies emanating from Beijing, the tactics President Trump and his team have pursued to change China’s behavior have done more harm than good for American farmers, workers, pensioners, and business owners.

A truck driver waits at a logistics area of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, in Shanghai September 24, 2014. A disappointing first year for Shanghai's much-hyped free-trade zone, seen as a pet project of Premier Li Keqiang and billed as a reform laboratory, raises questions about China's commitment to opening up its markets as it wrestles with a slowing economy. The 29 square kilometre zone on the outskirts of China's commercial capital - hailed as Beijing's boldest reform in decades - was meant to test changes such as currency liberalisation, market-determined interest rates and free trade. But progress has been slow and policies vague as the political focus has turned from reform to shoring up growth, leaving foreign companies unsure of investing in the free-trade zone (FTZ). REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EA9O1EJ401

Listen: Chinese perspectives on trade and the economic tension with the US

David Dollar and Yiping Huang

Economist and professor Yiping Huang joins David Dollar on the Dollar and Sense podcast to discuss the drivers of China's economic growth, China’s perspective on growing trade tensions with the United States, and more.

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A boy looks at remote control tank toys next to the flags of China and the U.S. at a park in Shanghai, China, May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC1502D3D7F0

The risks to the Asian peace: Avoiding paths to great power war

Richard C. Bush

Peace has prevailed across East Asia throughout the past four decades, a period that has seen exceptional economic growth in every country except for North Korea. What has changed to foster fear that the East Asian peace may be ending?

Brookings experts’ reading list on US-China strategic relations

The Trump administration’s policies toward Taiwan

Richard C. Bush

In the news

No consensus on the bipartisan consensus? In the latest episode of the popular Sinica podcast, Ryan Hass sat down with host Kaiser Kuo to discuss the divergence in U.S. views on China and suggest a way forward for American policymakers.

Xi Jinping's multiple personae on display. The ongoing U.S.-China trade war has underscored Chinese President Xi Jinping's ability to adapt to the demands of his surroundings. An article in the Asia Times heavily cited a recent report by Cheng Li and Diana Liang, explaining how Xi has steadily sought to recast his image at home as political circumstances evolve.

Trump-Xi relationship unlikely to stabilize U.S.-China relations. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 in Osaka, David Dollar said that Xi is a "long-term political operator," placing China's interests above all else. "I’m skeptical that any foreign leader builds a real personal relationship with him."

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