Rethinking China trade policy: Lessons learned and options ahead

• Main Author: GAO, Henry S.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Trade policy; United States; China; Asian Studies; International Trade Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3696; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5654/viewcontent/Rethinking_China_Trade_Policy.NFAP_Policy_Brief.January_2021_2.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Looking back at the China trade policy of the Trump administration, the biggest lesson is that unilateralism simply doesn’t work, at least not against a major power like China. Despite the tumultuous two-and-half-year trade war and the Phase 1 deal hailed as an “unprecedented” deal promising “a more...