| “For Washingtonians, full-throated rivalry [with China] has been part of a larger bid to stitch the country together after the Trump years, and to work within the constraints of a Republican opposition whose hawkishness on China has shown no limits. US politics encourages both China threat inflation and political outbidding (who can look tougher on China),” Victoria University of Wellington’s Van Jackson writes for the Australian Institute of International Affairs.
“Washington’s approach to its growing tech rivalry with China risks repeating the mistakes it made in the solar industry, with U.S. scientists laying the foundation for a new technology only to see Chinese firms take the lead in building it,” Dan Wang of research firm Gavekal Dragonomics writes for Foreign Affairs. “To avoid repeating the solar story, the United States will have to give greater priority to advanced manufacturing.”
This Backgrounder unpacks the contentious U.S.-China trade relationship. |