I think part of the Trump administration's attitude to Chinese trade, and indeed the view of people in a number of other Western countries, is sauerkrails. And I don't go along with the Trump rhetoric or the Trump analysis. But what China has done so far, and in a sense you almost acknowledged it, is that they've taken the benefits of the global economy without just what you yourself said. It's now time to give something back. By saying that, you were acknowledging that that's what they have not been doing up till now. What they have refused to do in any real sense, apart from rhetoric, is to allow Western companies, but not just Western companies
Is China, with its unfair trade policies and shameless theft of intellectual property, an enemy that needs to be reined in? Or is it in the West’s best interests to view China as a strategic partner and aim for mutual respect and cooperation?
We were joined by Beijing-born Professor of Economics at the LSE Keyu Jin; politician and former cabinet minister Sir Malcolm Rifkind; and Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator at the FT. The event was chaired by Carrie Gracie, BBC News Presenter and the BBC’s first China Editor.
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