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The Never-Ending US–China Trade War

The Never-Ending US–China Trade War
The CMA CGM White Shark cargo ship prepares to dock at Port Miami as the United States and China engage in an ongoing trade war, in Miami Beach, Fla., on May 16, 2019. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Christopher Balding
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After calling a pause to the threatened tariffs on Canada and Mexico, President Donald Trump has turned his attention more firmly to China with no word of tariff rollbacks. What has gotten less attention is the trade war China is engaging in with the United States.

Christopher Balding
Christopher Balding
Author
Christopher Balding was a professor at the Fulbright University Vietnam and the HSBC Business School of Peking University Graduate School. He specializes in the Chinese economy, financial markets, and technology. A senior fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, he lived in China and Vietnam for more than a decade before relocating to the United States.