US and Chinese presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping reach for a handshake in Beijing on November 9. 2017. Photo: Reuters  FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands after making joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo/File Photo
US and Chinese presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping reach for a handshake in Beijing on November 9. 2017. Photo: Reuters  FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands after making joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo/File Photo
David Dodwell
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Outside In by David Dodwell

Expect the US-China trade war to come to a showy end, but the tech war to continue

  • David Dodwell says the tariff war is really a piece of political theatre that has harmed US and other companies in China as well as global supply chains, but accomplished little else. Meanwhile, US paranoia about Chinese technology grows

David Dodwell
David Dodwell

Updated: 9:36am, 26 Jan, 2019

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US and Chinese presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping reach for a handshake in Beijing on November 9. 2017. Photo: Reuters  FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands after making joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo/File Photo
US and Chinese presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping reach for a handshake in Beijing on November 9. 2017. Photo: Reuters  FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands after making joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo/File Photo
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