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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent

From GDP to trade, how well equipped is China’s economy for Trump 2.0?

Trump and Jinping move away from each other to take their places at a meeting
Trump attends a bilateral meeting with China's president Xi Jinping in Osaka in 2019. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

When Donald Trump enters the White House for the second time on 20 January, the view from the Oval Office will look very different to the one he encountered in 2017. A pandemic, the war in Ukraine and a trade war with China have caused ripples through the global economy that are still being felt midway through the decade.

Beijing will be watching closely. Trump has promised to impose tariffs of up to 60% on Chinese imports, partly in retaliation for the flow of fentanyl from China to the US.

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