Li Zheng, Assistant Research Processor, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
May 27, 2019
Trump’s attacks on Huawei open the door to the long-term “decoupling” of Chinese and US cyberspace. Will this separation of the two countries’ tech industries achieve US goals? Or will it introduce political meddling into the previously free and open environmental of innovation in America’s digital economy, while reducing global trust in US tech giants?
James H. Nolt, Adjunct Professor at New York University
May 24, 2019
President Trump never intended to resolve the trade war he created with China. Instead, he will leverage his tariffs to blackmail China into following his way.
Zheng Yu, Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
May 24, 2019
The Trump administration has begun applying military pressure on China, not only in traditional areas of friction such as the South China Sea and Taiwan, but using arms control. Recent American withdrawal from the US-Russia INF Treaty may be part of a strategy to draw China into a potential new nuclear agreement.
Wei Jianguo, Former Vice Minister, China's Ministry of Commerce
May 24, 2019
The trade war has not gone as U.S. policymakers expected—China has not given up easily. This overconfidence came from an inflated view of America’s market boom, which is merely a short-term “sugar high” produced by Republican tax cuts. A more serious misjudgment was underestimating China’s economic strength and national resolve.
Zhang Monan, Deputy Director of Institute of American and European Studies, CCIEE
May 23, 2019
While the current China-US trade war is undoubtedly hurting both economies, the conflict may prove beneficial Chinese society in the long sweep of history—the conflict may provide a catalyst to push forward a new model of Chinese reform and opening based on high standards.
Wu Zhenglong, Senior Research Fellow, China Foundation for International Studies
May 23, 2019
Although the latest round of China-US trade talks has ended without agreement, the door to dialogue remains opens. Overall, the level of economic interdependence between the two sides’ makes imposing tariffs a self-defeating tactic — the Sino-US relationship is “too big to fail.”
Shang-Jin Wei, Professor, Finance and Economics at Columbia University
May 23, 2019
Trade negotiations between the United States and China have broken down because the US government says the Chinese were walking back their agreement on matters that had previously been addressed. US negotiators and President Donald Trump were furious, and on May 10, Trump more than doubled US tariffs on $200 billion worth of imports from China. The lead Chinese negotiator, Liu He, told reporters that, because a final agreement was not reached, revisions were not “walked back,” a line that the US side does not seem to buy. The Chinese government has now retaliated, announcing that it will raise tariffs on $60 billion worth of US goods.
May 23, 2019
The U.S. military said it sent two Navy ships through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, a move likely to anger Beijing at a time of tense relations between the world’s two biggest economies.
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs ,
May 22, 2019
On May 21, 2019, Ambassador Cui Tiankai had an interview with the Fox News's Bret Baier Special Report.
May 22, 2019
The move is also likely to inflame the tensions that have escalated in President Trump’s renewed trade war with Chinese leaders.