A Chinese worker sews flags for US President Donald Trump’s “Keep America Great!” 2020 re-election campaign at a factory in Fuyang, Anhui province, China, on July 24, 2018. Decoupling the US and Chinese economies will be complicated and trigger reverberations around the world. Photo: Reuters
Opinion
Opinion
The View
Instead of US-China decoupling, 2020 should bring acceptance of different development models
- The much-touted ‘end of history’ marked the emergence of a multipolar world in which a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to development will not work
- We must find ways to accommodate ‘developmental diversity’ while upholding the institutions that support international cooperation
A Chinese worker sews flags for US President Donald Trump’s “Keep America Great!” 2020 re-election campaign at a factory in Fuyang, Anhui province, China, on July 24, 2018. Decoupling the US and Chinese economies will be complicated and trigger reverberations around the world. Photo: Reuters