The Next Reboot: Cold War, This Time With China
Trump’s trade battles could just be a prelude to a longer conflict.
Trump and Xi, in happier times.
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President Donald Trump’s trade war with China might just be a temporary dust-up, ending when China throws him a bone that lets him declare victory and us get back to business as usual.
Or this could be the opening stages of a new Cold War between the U.S. and China, which will continue no matter who’s in the White House, suggests Conor Sen. One hint: China has an initiative called “Made in China 2025,” aiming to become the world’s dominant economy by the time President Ivanka Trump’s first term begins. This rivalry could realign American politics just as the Cold War with the Soviet Union did, Conor writes.