Opinion Flash
China Daily: Further opening up remains the way forward
Updated: 2018-07-09 13:56

With the United States having already activated 25 percent tariffs on some $34 billion worth of Chinese imports, the Washington-initiated trade dispute with China has escalated and could worsen.

China must be ready for a protracted trade war with the US given the real aim of Washington is to contain China's development.

Since the end of the 2008-09 global financial crisis, the wealth gap in the US has continually widened thanks to the country's low interest rate policy, which has led to rapidly rising asset prices that benefit the wealthy while putting the poor at a disadvantage. The US authorities are using China as a scapegoat for this.

The wealth gap, predictably, will not ease significantly within a short timeframe and the US administration is expected to continue to find various excuses to shift the anxiety and anger of US voters onto China.

See more: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201807/08/WS5b4212a4a3103349141e1648.html

With the United States having already activated 25 percent tariffs on some $34 billion worth of Chinese imports, the Washington-initiated trade dispute with China has escalated and could worsen.

China must be ready for a protracted trade war with the US given the real aim of Washington is to contain China's development.

Since the end of the 2008-09 global financial crisis, the wealth gap in the US has continually widened thanks to the country's low interest rate policy, which has led to rapidly rising asset prices that benefit the wealthy while putting the poor at a disadvantage. The US authorities are using China as a scapegoat for this.

The wealth gap, predictably, will not ease significantly within a short timeframe and the US administration is expected to continue to find various excuses to shift the anxiety and anger of US voters onto China.

See more: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201807/08/WS5b4212a4a3103349141e1648.html