Trade War Debate

Trade War Debatetradefrictionbetweenchinaandtheu.s.hasbeeninthespotlightforaroundthreemonthssinceu.s

TradeWarDebate tradefrictionbetweenchinaandtheu.s.hasbeeninthespotlightf oraroundthreemonthssinceu.s.presidentdonaldtrumpsignedapresid entialmemorandumonmarch22authorizingtheunitedstatestraderepre sentative（ustr） toimposetariffson$50billionworthofimportsfromchina. thetwosidesdecidedtohaltapotentialtradewarafterchinesevic epremierliuhesvisittotheu.s.fortradetalksfrommay15to20， withthetwocountriesagreeingtomeasuresforalow-cost，optimal， win-winoutcomefromtheconsultations. however，onjune15， theustrannounceda25-percentpenaltytariffon$50billionworthofch inesegoods.chinawasforcedtorespondinkind.thecountrysministryo fcommerceunveiledalistofproductsfromtheunitedstates—659items worthabout$50billion—thatwillbesubjecttoadditionaltariffsof2 5percent. afterexchangingblows， canchinaandtheu.s.findawaytomakepeaceovertrade。 thecipgdigitalmediacenteraskedarangeofexpertstheirthoughtsont heissue.editedexcerptsoftheirresponsesfollow： luxiang， anexpertonsino-u.s.relationswiththechineseacademyofsocialscie nces 第1页共8页