Name: 米中貿易戦争の次は？| 米中貿易戦争の次は何をする？ (What next for the US-China trade war? | FT)
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So this week marked a new twist in a trade war

had escalated tensions once more by saying

he was ready to put 10 per cent tariffs on a further $300bn

of Chinese imports starting on September 1,

so which really raised the pressure on Beijing.

decided that he would only plough ahead with about half

And he would delay the rest until mid-December

from higher prices during the Christmas shopping season.

Now, that was initially greeted with some relief in the markets

because it was seen as a sort of a a climbdown

that the Chinese were unlikely to come together and craft

of the damage to the global economy has already been done.

So the two sides were very close to a deal in May.

They were looking at a very sort of comprehensive trade

deal that spanned many sectors of the economy.

of lasting peace on the trade front between the US and China

for is a sort of a standstill at some point.

a deal, particularly on the Chinese side, have subsided.

That China is digging in for a long fight,

potentially until after the 2020 presidential election

in the hope that possibly there could have a friendlier,

at least more predictable president in the White House.

And on the US side, there seems to be very little appetite

Trump, I think, still believes that sort of bashing China

that the markets are in trouble partly because of the trade

And there are fears about a potential recession

and make Trump more amenable to some sort of compromise.

But at the moment it's hard to see that coming any time soon.