von: Scott Kennedy, senior adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Although the Trump and Xi administrations deserve credit for finding their way to a deal, they both deserve blame for the downward spiral in the relationship. China has operated on the conceit that its market is so large that it could act with impunity and that even the United States would never press them in a sustained way. Conversely, Washington has acted under the incorrect assumption that denying access to the U.S. market in and of itself was sufficient leverage to force Beijing to change course. Both sides heavily miscalculated, resulting in an amazing amount of collateral damage... |