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Dealing with chaos? US-China trade ties in context of a Trump return

Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Observers are keenly looking at how China will deal with Trump’s second term in power. Photo: Thomas Peter-Pool/Getty Images

What does Trump’s return to power mean for US-China trade relations? Will there be chaos, or could Beijing seize an unlikely opportunity?

Donald Trump’s White House return leaves Beijing both concerned and optimistic. On the one hand there are worries about tariff wars, import bans and confrontational rhetoric on trade coming from Washington. But, at the same time, Trump’s unpredictability and strained trade relationship with certain countries gives Beijing the chance to

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