China is vowing to "fight to the end" against the tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, with analysts warning that Beijing is not set to cave to the threats and is willing to engage as the deadline for the levies to come into effect loom large.
Ryan Hass, a senior fellow at Brookings, a Washington-based think tank, wrote on X that "there's debate about whether the world is entering a period of blocs or a transition to an era of globalization minus the U.S.," claiming that "Beijing seems to prefer the latter scenario."
