In a trade war between two of the world’s largest economies, there are no winners. The U.S.-China trade spat will have spillover effects, with severe consequences for not only Asia, but the rest of the world.

Seen as a whole, the trade war is part of a comprehensive strategy to constrain China. Hopes for a breakthrough at the G20 are ill founded, as is a compromise in the coming months.

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Sino-US relations are not only tense, but dangerously rigid — in the US, a “tough on China” or even Cold War attitude is now the norm. To avoid a worst-case scenario of confrontation, both sides need to conduct urgently needed repairs to their neglected mutual ties.

The trade war is only the latest twist in a tangled China-US relationship. For the two sides to find common ground, the US must accept China’s rise to superpower status on an equal footing, and China should acknowledge the post-World War II order that the US built.

The US-China rivalry constitutes a new formidable challenge to Southeast Asia’s cohesion, so they should continue to engage all powers and reinforce consensus among themselves.

The Trump administration’s rash policies, combined with China’s persistent rise, have combined to grow Chinese influence and shrink the US footprint in the Asia-Pacific. But China must be sure to respect the interests of ASEAN countries and other regional stakeholders in crafting the norms and procedures for a new rules-based order in the region.

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