Instead of armed conflict, the main threat is a growing rift between the world’s two biggest economies bloom.bg/2E6V1dd
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To escape the Thucydides’s trap, China will need two things: patience and popularity 👐 bloom.bg/2E6V1dd
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China’s biggest handicap? Its public inability to admit that it has done anything wrong bloom.bg/2E6V1dd
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The answer is fairly simple: Western CEOs are fed up bloom.bg/2E6V1dd
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🛑 Artificial barriers
🙅♂️ Ownership restrictions
🌐 Intellectual property theft
🏭 Repeated delays in opening up markets bloom.bg/2E6V1dd
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– Mike Pence
– Robert Lighthizer
– Peter Navarro
– John Bolton bloom.bg/2E6V1dd
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In order to win, the Chinese will need to be very patient 🇨🇳 bloom.bg/2E6V1dd
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