U.S.-China : A new superpower détente?
In Focus by The Hindu

U.S.-China : A new superpower détente?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 2, 202628 min
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  • Politics

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met last week for a summit aimed at easing tensions between the world’s two largest economies. The meeting produced agreements on trade and rare earths, along with unusually warm public messaging from both sides. But major differences over Taiwan, technology and the broader strategic rivalry remain. The summit comes at a time when Mr. Trump’s approach to China appears increasingly transactional, even as Washington continues to compete with Beijing for influence across the Indo-Pacific. It also comes at a significant moment for India, with the U.S...

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This is In Focus, the Hindu's current affairs podcast. Certainly this is not a strategic breakthrough, but at the same time we also see that both sides have shown willingness and readiness to kind of accommodate the other's sensitivities. The United States leverage is spread across the economic domain, whereas China's leverage

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is concentrated in the rural sector, so which the Chinese are ready to weaponize. If the US is weaponizing trade, the Chinese message is that we are ready to weaponize Rairaat. So this is a mutually destructive path for both countries.

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If Trump is willing to directly interact with Beijing, what does that say about the importance that it has placed over India as a counterweight in China? Overall, Taiwan would remain a key flashpoint. And what we have to watch out for in the coming months is whether President Trump is

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