https://www.scmp.com/rss/506504/feed Sean Randolph is senior director at the Bay Area Council Economic Institute and a frequent writer on global business and economic issues (www.bayareaeconomy.org). en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Joe Biden’s election as president of the United States portends major changes in American foreign policy. Some directions are already clear. You will not hear the term “America first” again. Of course, every nation attends to its own interests first, but under US President Donald Trump that meant going it alone. Working with partners was not a priority, and relationships were transactional. Multilateral agreements and organisations were seen as having little value, as the United States pulled... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3109336/biden-will-look-reset-us-china-relations-he-wont-back-or-revert-pre?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3109336/biden-will-look-reset-us-china-relations-he-wont-back-or-revert-pre?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Nov 2020 17:30:18 +0000 The past six months in US-China relations have been difficult on many fronts and the Covid-19 crisis, rather than forging a common purpose, has made them worse. Here’s where things stand. On the US side, President Donald Trump has suggested, without evidence, that the virus escaped from a government lab in Wuhan. This comes as Chinese investment in the US is under greater scrutiny by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US and the Commerce Department’s review of US technology exports with... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3092094/coronavirus-strains-us-china-relations-ensuring-phase-one-trade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3092094/coronavirus-strains-us-china-relations-ensuring-phase-one-trade?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Jul 2020 17:00:11 +0000