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US-China trade war: Opinion
Breaking news and analysis on the US-China trade war, its history and timeline, and the impact on the global economy.
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US-China relations

Opinion | Mark 2025. It’s the year China became a peer power to America

China not only forced a trade war backdown, it displayed its hi-tech military might from the waters off Australia to the skies near Japan.

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United States

Outside In | It’s an expensive Christmas for Americans thanks to Trump’s tariffs

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China’s private sector

US lifts China sentiment, but tensions cloud outlook in Japan: report

United States

Opinion | Trump can’t have it all: low prices, booming stocks, balanced trade

Trump wants to close the trade deficit while promising cheap goods and high asset prices. The cost? Devastating inflation or a market crash.

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US President Donald Trump signs the funding package to reopen the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on November 12. Photo: EPA
US-China relations

Opinion | The bright side to US-China decoupling and global self-reliance drives

And despite opposing perspectives, it may reduce mutual dependence such as to assure a strategic peace of mind for both the West and China.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | As power balance tips to China, world needs a fairer financial system

China-led macro region will have to work on independence of monetary policy and partnerships in a fairer financial and trade framework.

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Opinion | As Russia advances and Trump retreats, China’s ascendancy is clear

Events in Busan and Pokrovsk show Beijing now occupying the position Nixon’s America once did in great power rivalry.

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US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping at Gimhae Air Base, next to Gimhae International Airport in Busan, on October 30. Photo: AFP
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Opinion | US national security focus throws a spanner in the workings of global trade

While attention to legitimate national security interests is justified, trade matters have traditionally been viewed as a parallel sphere.

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Opinion | In ‘soybean diplomacy’ with the US, China now holds the remote control

China, no longer reliant on US soybeans, has leverage: resuming purchases to calm tensions or cutting them when relations fray.

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Opinion | China will find its own modernisation path, not on US terms

The Trump presidency has exposed America’s flaws for the world to see. The rest of the world is adjusting, and will learn for now to get on without it.

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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the APEC summit, in Busan, South Korea, on October 30. Photo: Reuters
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Opinion | Given its rare earth vulnerability, US cannot risk all-out trade war

Washington must accept that it has missed its chance to contain China’s rise and focus on developing a US macro-region.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
US-China relations

Opinion | China’s counter-attacks are giving Trump a taste of his own medicine

Beijing has stood firm, retaliated with the same measures used against China and masterfully delayed its countermeasures to maximise impact.

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Editorial | US-China pragmatism on display in proposed TikTok deal

By taking a very practical approach on the high-profile issue of TikTok, Beijing has pointed the way forward in bilateral ties.

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Editorial | US and China must build on positive Xi-Trump call to stabilise ties

Ahead of a Xi-Trump meeting and more trade talks, both sides must be alert to unexpected incidents that may throw the relationship off course.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping had their third phone call this year, described as positive by both sides. Photo: AFP/Pool/Getty Images/TNS
Diplomacy

Opinion | China’s moment to rewire the world is arriving. What will it do?

For the first time since the Cold War, the world is between orders and the momentum is with Beijing as geopolitical winds shift eastward.

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From the left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, China, on September 1. Photo: AP
Diplomacy

Editorial | Brics is looking for resilience, not an open clash with the US

It would be a mistake to discount Brics summits, where the aim is long-term strength amid global instability and geopolitical tensions.

Open Questions series

Open Questions | Oxford’s Goldin on globalisation’s Asian, digital future

Globalisation is shifting focus towards Asia as the US retreats, and services rather than low-cost manufacturing will play an increasingly important role, says University of Oxford Professor Ian Goldin.

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Open Questions | Da Wei on a Trump-Xi summit, what China wants from it

Tsinghua University expert looks at prospects for a meeting between Chinese and US leaders, and explains why China isn’t ready to take US’ place on world stage.

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Open Questions | Jeffrey Sachs on dictatorial Trump, his gift to China, trade

Economist says US has ceded leadership on global development to China, and explains why Beijing shouldn’t expect return to normal on trade.

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US-China relations

Editorial | Despite pause in US-China tariff war, expect more global fragmentation

Long periods of truce at the current tariff levels may not be ideal for the business sector but this buys time to prioritise negotiations.

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Opinion | How Trump’s vision of a single-minded China containment has failed

Instead of disengaging to focus on China, Trump’s America is more deeply involved in Europe’s defence and the Middle East than before.

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US-China relations

Opinion | How China is turning risks of Trump 2.0 into world of opportunities

Reducing dependence on the West is just a start. Beijing is building a system of influence anchored by partnerships and backed by industrial and tech prowess.

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China economy

Opinion | China’s economy shows resilience amid trade war but headwinds lie ahead

Robust second-quarter economic growth puts China on track for full-year target but it’s also entering a period of restructuring.

United States

Opinion | As Trump flip-flops on tariffs, what’s the point of negotiating at all?

Are the tariffs a reality show aimed at Americans, a way to gain the upper hand on China, or just a distraction from sector-specific duties?

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Opinion | Decades of America’s ‘exorbitant privilege’ is ending, thanks to Trump

The US president is systematically destroying faith in the dollar in global financial markets and among governments and central banks.

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US President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill”, signed at the White House in Washington, US, on July 4, is expected to add US$3.4 trillion to the budget deficit over the next decade. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

Opinion | Why shutting out Chinese manufacturers is a missed opportunity

It’s a matter of time before Chinese products find their way into the markets anyway – trade barriers achieve very little without industrial policy.

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President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC) Jens Eskelund at a press conference in Beijing, China, on May 8. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Opinion | Trump’s fundamental mistake is in seeing China as America’s problem

The US president fails to grasp that a rising China is a new question to answer, not an old mistake to correct.

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United States

Outside In | As costs of Trump’s chaos become clear, expect him to shift the blame

Trump’s supporters seem certain the damage his policies cause will be short-lived, but they may change their minds as the trade wars drag on.

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