Trump’s commerce conflict: the view from China – podcast | China

After a fortnight wherein Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs developed into an escalating commerce conflict with China, a way of defiant nationalism has been constructing within the east Asian nation. The Chinese language overseas ministry has even been sharing historic video clips from the previous chief Mao Zedong:

“As to how lengthy this conflict will final, we’re not those to resolve … We’ll battle till we utterly triumph!”

Talking from Beijing, the Guardian’s China correspondent, Amy Hawkins, tells Helen Pidd that whereas politically there may be little urge for food for backing down, the Chinese language economic system isn’t as robust because it as soon as was, with warning that set in through the pandemic holding again its earlier dynamism.

Hawkins explains that although the Chinese language authorities has been diversifying its commerce companions for the reason that US president’s first time period and is more and more searching for to spice up home consumption of the products it manufactures, a world recession – which can emerge from a commerce conflict – is one thing that many in China are apprehensive about, together with merchants at Yiwu, the world’s largest wholesale market.

The pair additionally focus on how commerce has been the linchpin of US-China relations for many years, and that with out it, the danger of wider battle is way better.

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