Imported US goods at a supermarket in Beijing. Photo: AP
Imported US goods at a supermarket in Beijing. Photo: AP
Tom Holland
Opinion

Opinion

Abacus by Tom Holland

China and Trump’s tariffs: stop, or I’ll shoot myself too

Beijing has plenty of options to strike back against Trump’s latest tariffs: devalue the yuan, dump Treasury debt, boycott US companies. Unfortunately, all of them would damage China at least as much as the US

Imported US goods at a supermarket in Beijing. Photo: AP
Imported US goods at a supermarket in Beijing. Photo: AP
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