After one year of US-China trade war, what now and what next for tariffs, Asia and the 2020 presidential election
- How world trade changed during the first year of tariffs and reprisals between the US and China. Will the global economy ever be the same?
- How the US-China trade war has changed Vietnam, Japan and other nations, and how it could impact the 2020 US presidential election campaign
In this bonus episode of the Behind the Tariffs podcast series, attention turns to what has changed in the year since the US-China trade war began. Finbarr Bermingham and Naomi Ng look at what the world can expect following the underwhelming outcome of the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the Osaka G20 meeting, and find out how the ongoing battle of tariffs and trade barriers will have an impact on the 2020 US presidential election.
Arnold Kamler, CEO of the largest bicycle manufacturer in the US, Kent International, details how the further increases in tariffs are costing him millions and how the consumer price price increase will hit retail outlets just in time for Christmas.
SCMP journalist Cissy Zhou details how her visit to Vietnam and subsequent reports exposed not just how Chinese companies are moving there to sidestep tariffs but how high-tech manufacturers from Shenzhen are building new bases east of Hanoi.
SCMP senior political economy editor John Carter explains how the process of decoupling the economies of the US and China is well under way, how it is impacting other nations in Asia and how the trade war could affect the US presidential election in 2020.
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