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Rush Doshi

Inserted 2 days ago

“What is the Trump administration's grand strategy for China? They don't have a grand strategy yet. They have a range of disconnected tactics. I remain hopeful that Mr. Trump could reach deals with Japan, South Korea, India, Taiwan and the European Union that would allow them to confront Chinese trade practices together, attract allied investment in U.S. industry and increase security ties. If you are up against someone big, you need to get bigger scale - and that's why we need our allies to be with us.”

Nytimes

One of America's leading China strategists, now at the Council of Foreign Relations and Georgetown University

15 Apr 2025 8 2

James Litinsky

Inserted 4 days ago

“Drones and robotics are widely considered the future of warfare, and based on everything we are seeing, the critical inputs for our future supply chain are shut down.”

Nytimes

Executive chairman and chief executive of MP Materials

14 Apr 2025 5 3

Julian Evans-Pritchard

Inserted 5 days ago

“The fact that the Chinese authorities had repeatedly matched U.S. tariff hikes suggested that they were in no rush to negotiate. A partial rollback of tariffs still seems likely at some point. But it is hard to envisage a meaningful reset in the U.S.-China relationship.”

Nytimes

Head of China economics for the research firm Capital Economics

13 Apr 2025 6 5

Xi Jinping

Inserted 1 week ago

“There will be no winners in a tariff war, and going against the world will only isolate oneself. For more than 70 years, China has always relied on self-reliance and hard work for development. It has never relied on anyone's gifts and is unafraid of any unreasonable suppression.”

Nytimes

President of the People's Republic of China

11 Apr 2025 3 4

Sophia Busch

Inserted 1 week ago

“The shift from the Trump administration offers a little bit of a clue of its priorities in its tariff policy. You can see the administration is releasing some pressure on markets, releasing some of the pressure on US businesses, so that it can keep the pressure on China high, with possibly the ultimate goal of getting Beijing to the negotiating table for better terms of trade. However, it may be difficult to reach that goal. I think if the current pattern stands, China will continue to retaliate until there starts to be some kind of progress. We've seen Beijing is very comfortable and has plenty of practice with these kind of coercive economic tools beyond just tariffs. You're looking at US companies getting blacklisted, import bans on US agriculture products like poultry and sorghum. I think Beijing is perfectly comfortable and will continue increasing this kind of pressure on the US until there's some kind of give, or at least a willingness to step back down.”

Aje

Assistant director at the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center

09 Apr 2025 10 2

Wang Yuesheng

Inserted 1 week ago

“The impact on China is mainly that Chinese products have nowhere to go. That will ravage export-oriented companies making things like furniture, clothing, toys and home appliances along China's eastern seaboard, which largely exist to serve American consumers. These companies will be hit very hard.”

Nytimes

Director of the Institute of International Economics at Peking University

09 Apr 2025 5 3

Scott Kennedy

Inserted 1 week ago

“Trump has never gone into a back-alley brawl where the other side is willing to brawl and use the same kind of tactics as him. For China, this is about their sovereignty. This is about the Communist Party's hold on power. For Trump, it might just be a political campaign.”

Nytimes

Senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

09 Apr 2025 3 3

Andrew Small

Inserted 1 month ago

“This [diplomatic fissures between the United States and its European allies] has been pretty unequivocally good for China. Beijing sees the wider opportunities that this could bring, from Taiwan contingencies to more global cooperation with Russia to a weakened United States.”

Rferl

Senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund in Berlin who previously advised the European Commission on China strategy

04 Mar 2025 3 2

Dennis Wilder

Inserted 1 month ago

“The Chinese have seen this coming since Trump was elected and signaled that he wanted to quickly end the war in Ukraine. While a complete rapprochement might not be in the cards, they're nervous because if Trump lifts sanctions on Russia, then Moscow's dependency on China decreases. In the same way as Nixon with China policy, they see Trump as someone who is uniquely placed to run against the current nature of U.S. policy towards Russia and could even travel to Moscow. This doesn't mean the Chinese think that the Russians will break relations, but their strong alignment today could diminish.”

Rferl

Top White House China adviser to former U.S. President George W. Bush

21 Feb 2025 8 3

Hashem Ahelbarra

Inserted 2 months ago

“Hegseth said very clearly today that from now onwards, the Europeans have to understand that given stark geopolitical developments globally, the Americans won't be primarily focused on Europe's security. There are other challenges. And on top of that agenda is China's growing economic and military clout globally, which the Americans would like to counter.”

Aje

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Brussels, Belgium

12 Feb 2025 6 2

William Lee

Inserted 2 months ago

“These latest announcements are a way of President Trump showing that he's very serious about using the tariff instrument as a policy tool for achieving both economic and non-economic objectives.”

Aje

Chief economist at the Milken Institute

10 Feb 2025 3 4

Muhammad Habib

Inserted 2 months ago

“China really learned a lesson from the first Trump administration. It's not wise to immediately take a dramatic measure against Trump, because at the end of the day, we know for sure Trump is very transactional.”

Aje

Researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

10 Feb 2025 5 5

Huo Jianguo

Inserted 2 months ago

“Placing additional tariffs on Chinese goods will not help the US to address its own issues, including the fentanyl crisis. Such issues can only be addressed through dialogue and cooperation. Such unchecked actions will only cause catastrophe to global economic growth and trade.”

Globaltimes

Vice chairman of the China Society for World Trade Organization Studies in Beijing

04 Feb 2025 10 4

Wu Chenhui

Inserted 2 months ago

“The heightened export controls on rare metals could potentially impact the US high-tech and defense industries, which are highly reliant on imports. It highlights the resourcefulness of the Chinese government's toolkit in responding the US' unilateral move.”

Globaltimes

Independent analyst who closely follows the critical minerals industry

04 Feb 2025 7 5

Zhou Mi

Inserted 2 months ago

“China's swift response to the US tariff hikes underlines the Chinese government's determination to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests. There are no winners in any trade war. Tariffs placed on some of the US' comparatively competitive exports to China such as energy and certain categories of machinery will affect the performance of US companies, as the tariffs will affect their market share in China. However, China's countermeasures are meant to serve as a reminder to US policymakers and hopefully help them better reflect on the negative impacts of the tariffs they imposed.”

Globaltimes

Senior research fellow at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation

04 Feb 2025 9 4

Gary Ng

Inserted 2 months ago

“It is a response with equal magnitude but in a different way than in 2018 [US - China tariff war during Trump's first term]. This time, it is a mix of tariffs on targeted products, export control and restrictions on market access. It means China is using its role as one of the world's largest markets and producers to bargain with the US.”

Aljazeera

Senior economist with the investment bank Natixis in Hong Kong

04 Feb 2025 9 4

Julien Chaisse

Inserted 2 months ago

“Much will depend on the US and how Trump views China's decision to threaten retaliatory tariffs. If Trump sees this as a direct challenge, his administration could respond with additional trade restrictions. This would intensify the conflict.”

Aljazeera

Professor at City University of Hong Kong who specialises in international economic law

04 Feb 2025 6 4

Lynn Song

Inserted 2 months ago

“As Trump's call with Xi looms, it appears the Chinese president is giving diplomacy a chance to work as it did in the cases of Canada and Mexico. Delaying the tariff implementation until February 10 will allow for top level leadership to meet before then, which still creates an opportunity for both sides to step back from the brink and de-escalate the situation.”

Aljazeera

Chief economist for China at the Dutch financial firm ING

04 Feb 2025 11 4

Zack Cooper

Inserted 2 months ago

“Trump's team will try to peel countries away from China. They seem to want to wedge Russia, North Korea and Iran away from China, which means differentiating these threats rather than implying that they are inter-related. So pushing for a deal with Pyongyang and another one with Moscow seems most likely to me.”

Reuters

Researcher at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington

21 Jan 2025 6 4

Daniel Russel

Inserted 2 months ago

“The dilemma for Trump, who has expressed a desire to 'get along with Russia,' and who is trying to squeeze China on trade, is that Moscow's partnership with Beijing limits both Russian willingness to engage with Washington and Chinese vulnerability to U.S. pressure.”

Reuters

Vice President for International Security and Diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

21 Jan 2025 5 4

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“Drones and robotics are widely considered the future of warfare, and based on everything we are seeing, the critical inputs for our future supply chain are shut down.”

“The fact that the Chinese authorities had repeatedly matched U.S. tariff hikes suggested that they were in no rush to negotiate. A partial rollback of tariffs still seems likely at some point. But it is hard to envisage a meaningful reset in the U.S.-China relationship.”

“There will be no winners in a tariff war, and going against the world will only isolate oneself. For more than 70 years, China has always relied on self-reliance and hard work for development. It has never relied on anyone's gifts and is unafraid of any unreasonable suppression.”

“Trump has never gone into a back-alley brawl where the other side is willing to brawl and use the same kind of tactics as him. For China, this is about their sovereignty. This is about the Communist Party's hold on power. For Trump, it might just be a political campaign.”

“This [diplomatic fissures between the United States and its European allies] has been pretty unequivocally good for China. Beijing sees the wider opportunities that this could bring, from Taiwan contingencies to more global cooperation with Russia to a weakened United States.”

“These latest announcements are a way of President Trump showing that he's very serious about using the tariff instrument as a policy tool for achieving both economic and non-economic objectives.”

“China really learned a lesson from the first Trump administration. It's not wise to immediately take a dramatic measure against Trump, because at the end of the day, we know for sure Trump is very transactional.”

“Placing additional tariffs on Chinese goods will not help the US to address its own issues, including the fentanyl crisis. Such issues can only be addressed through dialogue and cooperation. Such unchecked actions will only cause catastrophe to global economic growth and trade.”

“The heightened export controls on rare metals could potentially impact the US high-tech and defense industries, which are highly reliant on imports. It highlights the resourcefulness of the Chinese government's toolkit in responding the US' unilateral move.”

“Much will depend on the US and how Trump views China's decision to threaten retaliatory tariffs. If Trump sees this as a direct challenge, his administration could respond with additional trade restrictions. This would intensify the conflict.”

“The dilemma for Trump, who has expressed a desire to 'get along with Russia,' and who is trying to squeeze China on trade, is that Moscow's partnership with Beijing limits both Russian willingness to engage with Washington and Chinese vulnerability to U.S. pressure.”

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