Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story, this is the point.
I would rather not have to use tariffs.
Donald Trump said last week in an interview with Fox News.
He echoed a similar sentiment at the World Economic Forum in Daule, Switzerland.
We stated that China and the United States are going to have a very good relationship Since taking office on January 20,
President Trump has adopted a rather nuanced approach on China tariffs,
a contrast to his heartline trade policy during his first presidency.
However,
the end of the honeymoon period still looms as the tariff man campaigned on levying high tariffs on all Chinese imports to the United States.
Furthermore, the country's lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill that will see China's preferential trade status,
which was granted in 2000, ahead of China's accession to the World Trade Organization, revoked.
Now, can both sides find ways to establish a mutually beneficial trade relationship?
Why has trade been resilient, despite President Trump's tariffs that were kept in place by President Biden?
And can new and bigger tariffs really make America great again?
Welcome to The Point, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.
I'm Liu Xin.
I'm pleased to be joined by Professor Jiang Gong,
Vice President of the University of International Business and Economics, Israel.
From Portland, Oregon, the United States, Professor Liang Yan, Cremor Chair Professor of Economics,
William Mett University, and from Oslo, Norway, Carl Faye Professor of Strategy at BIA Norwegian Business School.