https://www.scmp.com/rss/500760/feed Roland Rajah is director of the International Economy Programme at the Lowy Institute en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com US President Donald Trump’s renewed threats of tariff escalation have rocked global markets. Yet, unlike Trump’s trade conflicts with other nations, the battle with China also has a good number of mainstream American cheerleaders. For them, the current trade battle is part of a broader confrontation with China they see as the beginning of some kind of new cold war. Thus, as Trump reignites the spectre of further tariff escalation by threatening to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all imports from... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3009299/why-us-china-talks-should-focus-technology-greater-threat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3009299/why-us-china-talks-should-focus-technology-greater-threat?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 May 2019 17:00:06 +0000