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Susan Stone

How China is turning Trump’s tariff war into a win

Rising US protectionism may prove to be an opportunity for Beijing to further improve trade ties with America’s frustrated allies.

As Trump puts in place measures to implement a 25 per cent tariff on certain Mexican and Canadian goods, and 10 per cent on all imports from China, Canada and Mexico wasted no time in announcing their own retaliatory tariffs.

While nothing specific has come out of Beijing, it has announced it plans to challenge the tariff at the WTO and would take countermeasures.

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Susan Stone is Credit Union SA Chair of Economics, University of South Australia

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