Has China’s diplomacy turned into economic coercion?
Sanctions, tariffs and outright bans – we look at the price of doing business with China.
There is one trade war that has dominated headlines for more than two years now.
US President Donald Trump’s loud, brash and transactional battle with China has yielded success and, by the same measure, all sorts of self-harm.
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Published On 17 Oct 2020