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China’s Claims on Trade With U.S. Don’t Add Up
Beijing says its current relationship with the U.S. plays to comparative strengths, but the future is another matter.
China’s vision of its relationship with the U.S., articulated in a recent white paper, is stuck in the past.
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China has marked the latest ratcheting-up of trade tensions with a misplaced history lesson.
Far from worrying about its economic role in the world, the U.S. should recognize just how well the two nations already support each other, according to a white paper released by China’s State Council: