Ik denk dat we dit of volgend jaar een wissel van de wacht gaan meemaken waarbij China officieus de grootste wordt.
China is er anderzijds zeker niet gerust op...
In seeking an accord with U.S., Beijing wants to avoid becoming isolated like the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
www.wsj.com
Een paar quotes:
"...the truth is that China doesn’t hold a strong hand.
With a domestic economy in crisis, Xi is playing defense, hoping to salvage as much as possible of a global trade system that helped pull his country out of poverty.
"Both leaders have expressed an interest in having a summit.
Such diplomatic niceties, however, only mask the actions beneath—and what likely is in store for China.
Trump’s “America First” policy essentially calls for dismantling the norms set up by the World Trade Organization since 1995. Under those norms, China has been able to flood the world with cheap exports while limiting foreign access to its own market. "
"Now, much to the chagrin of Beijing, Trump in his second term is both less restrained and more determined, paving the way for even more intense U.S.-China storms.
In meetings with American business and thought leaders in recent months, Xi and his aides have repeatedly conveyed Beijing’s desire to be a partner with the U.S., not an outright adversary, according to people who attended the gatherings.
The 10% additional tariff move by Trump this week, one of the people said, was “pretty unexpected"
