China | Politics & Geopolitics | US
There’s little debating the cause of the US/China trade war. There is a bellicose Donald Trump determined to vanquish trade deficits. And there is growing unease over – if not outright hostility towards – China’s cumulative trade abuses that include subsidies for local industries, forced technology transfers, and intellectual property theft.
The curious thing is that as Trump wages the trade war that no one asked for nor anyone wants, much of Corporate America is still sitting on its collective hands. There are some protests about tariffs, in particular from industries like retail that will bear the full brunt of Trump’s chosen weapon. But no one has stepped up to lead the fight against China’s unfair trade practices.
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