U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods did not hurt Chinese global exports, which have been going strong with the EU and ASEAN. Further tariffs will only hurt the U.S. presence in China and the American economy, which relies on China trade.

With trade negotiations slated to begin in Shanghai next week, the U.S. and China teams appear to be adopting a tone of business- and market-friendliness. Businesses on both sides hope that the teams will leave derailing political chatter on the sidelines.

China’s bottom line remains that the U.S. must scrap all its existing and proposed tariffs. Not only would this measure signal good faith in the upcoming negotiations, but it would also rid the heated relations of their potential to devolve back into another all-out trade war.

Recent behavior by the US suggests it is not as intent on reaching a “fair deal” so much as it is buying time. Even if a short term agreement is reached, it is increasingly clear that this trade dispute is a prelude to a longer struggle between a multipolar and unipolar world order.

There is no guarantee that China and the United States will strike a deal anytime soon.

Amid a global wave of criticism of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a significant funding cut of the flagship BRI project in Pakistan signals a possible stumbling block for China.

Over nearly 40 years of economic reform, China has reaped extraordinary rewards from opening up to the world. Integration into the global economy – albeit

The US-China trade war is having a devastating effect on the global solar industry, and the cost of solar installations in the US has significantly increased.

The path to ending the trade war remains far from clear.

While Huawei may present a genuine security risk to the United States and the world, there are big problems with the current case against the telecommunications giant, and banning all forms of commerce is not the way forward.