Liberal Forum

China is prepared not just to fight back, but to use Trump’s trade turmoil to strengthen its own position.“Xi has been very clear for a very long time that he expects China will enter a period of protracted struggle with the United States and its allies, that China needed to prepare for that, and they have quite extensively,” said Jacob Gunter, lead economy analyst at Berlin-///“But China can sustain that (situation) much more so than American politicians can,” he said.That’s, in part, because China’s ruling Communist Party leaders do not face swift feedback from voters and opinions polls.“During Covid they shut down the economy (causing) untold employment, suffering – no problem.”Beijing too believes it can weather the storm.“In response to US tariffs, we are prepared and have strategies. We have engaged in a trade war with the US for eight years, accumulating rich experience in these struggles,” a commentary on the front page of Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily said Monday.It noted Beijing could take “extraordinary efforts” to boost domestic consumption, which has been persistently weak, and introduce other policy measures to support its economy. “The plans to respond are well-prepared and ample,” the commentary said.And in the face of unknowns about how much further measures could escalate, voices from Beijing appear calm.“The ultimate outcome hinges on who can withstand a longer ‘economic war of attrition,’” economist Cai Tongjuan of China’s Renmin University wrote in a state media op-ed earlier this week. “And China clearly holds a greater advantage in terms of strategic endurance.”

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