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China tech shrugged off Trump’s ‘trade war’ − there’s no reason it won’t do the same with new tariffs

  • Written by Yu Zhou, Professor of Economic Geography, Vassar College
imageWhen it comes to slowing down China's tech rise, tariffs won't do the trick. Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

When Donald Trump returns to the White House, he’ll be accompanied by a coterie of China hawks, all vowing to use tariffs and export bans to stop Beijing from challenging the United States’ supremacy in technology.

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