Trump’s Tariff War Backfires as China Emerges as Unlikely Free Trade Champion

China pushes for free trade, junks economic bullying

China’s Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian (Photo by John Louie Abrina) Despite global economic shifts brought about by the imposition of tariffs by the United States, the Chinese government will remain steadfast in its commitment to multilateralism, free trade, and “win-win” cooperation with the rest of the world.Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian said this is China’s way of countering the US’ chosen path of “protectionism, unil…

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When the issue of tariffs is widely highlighted, hegemonic culture believes that it will be China that succeeds in defeating Donald Trump’s United States, as it would be in better economic, social, political and technological conditions to supplant its hegemony by giving way to a multipolar world. All analysis is focused on Trump’s personal characteristics, and on what China is doing to counter it. Peoples, the true protagonists, remain in the s…

Trump’s Tariff War Backfires as China Emerges as Unlikely Free Trade Champion

The president’s global trade offensive has handed Beijing a golden opportunity to reposition itself on the world stage—while America’s own credibility takes a beatingRetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.