America, the Bumerang Master How Washington Built Chinese Leverage Over...Washington (on Tan, Dallas, Farrell, Newman)

Washington thought coercion would keep China down. But as @yelingtan.bsky.social @Mark Dallas @himself.bsky.social & @abenewman.bsky.social show, it did the opposite. Dependence became danger — and China learned to turn US pressure into its own power. geoeconomic.substack.com/p/america-th...

The Emergence of “Hedged Globalization” Yeling Tan highlights the steps countries are taking to avoid becoming pawns in the US-China competition.

Hedged globalization reflects most countries’ desire to have nothing to do with today’s superpower competition, observes @yelingtan.bsky.social.

Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social on #BBCRadio4 today at 4pm BST discussing the UK's relationship with China 👇

What If China Wins the Trade War? The United States could still prevail if it does everything right. The problem is that the Trump administration is doing everything wrong.

'China is ready for this fight.'

Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social features in @theatlantic.com's latest piece on the escalating trade war between the US and China. 👇

New article alert! How US shocks provide a focal point for reorganizing China’s domestic tech policies + institutions

Thank you @projectsyndicate.bsky.social for the honor!

Trump's 'punitive' China tariffs could end trade between the world's two largest economies—and that would be painful, volatile and dangerous Can U.S.-China trade survive in a post-145% tariff world?

'At the end of the day, the fate of the two giant economies will remain intertwined.'

Prof @yelingtan.bsky.social shares her insight in @fortune.com's latest on rising trade tensions between China and the US 👇

What are countries like Côte d'Ivoire supposed to do? 90% of their exports to the U.S. are cocoa beans and natural rubber - can you build those behind the tariff wall?

No.

My latest for @piie.com on the disaster these #tariffs may mean for many resource-dependent developing economies.

China condemns ‘unilateral bullying’ as it calls on US to drop tariffs Chinese commerce ministry says ‘there is no way out for protectionism’ as tariffs rise from 20% to 54%

‘China now faces a delicate balancing act.’

Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social features in @theguardian.com as #China condemns the new #tariffs placed on them by the US. 👇
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Interesting from NYTimes on US jobs exposed to retaliatory tariffs in Trump:Harris counties: China tariffs ~2.3 to 1; EU ~1.5 to 1; Canada ~1.3 to 1. EU & Canada, >6m US jobs exposed. China, <1.6m. China retaliatory tariffs smaller in jobs magnitude, but more intensely targeting Trump counties.

Thanks Kyle!

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