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In the economic power struggle for Asia, Trump and Xi Jinping are switching policies

  • Written by Giovanni Di Lieto, Lecturer, Bachelor of International Business, Monash Business School, Monash University

Donald Trump is flexing the United States’ economic muscle in East Asia by introducing a web of new-generation bilateral trade deals to contain China’s challenge. But Beijing is fighting back by political means.

A closer look at the US president’s 2017 trade policy agenda and its ensuing initiatives reveals a pattern. Obama’s...

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