Ely Ratner from CNAS might be a hawk, I read somewhere that he proposed join military drills with Taiwan as deterrence. Tom Donilon IIRC is in BlackRock right now, hope he won't be that nearsighted. The rests are Obama's old team.
I agree, private-industry competition will persist forever. That's the nature of economics and technology.
Well, Biden did ADMIT that he will remove all tariffs on Chinese-made products. So that is a massive admission that the course of US-China rivalry will change.
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Is that why Biden's top pick for Treasury Secretary is Lael Brainard , a Harvard trained PhD who helped China get into the WTO, help get NAFTA/outsourcing deal passed, and resisted against labelling China a currency manipulator?
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I'd call that a reset to the Obama-era, which is a significant change to fundamental US-China relations.
It's easy to say overly generalized statements without any evidence. What evidence do you have that US-China relations will continue the Trump containment/trade war?
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Biden aside, should he got elected what would happen with Lincoln Project? I predict that they will split from Democrat ASAP similar to KMT CPC split after WW2. The question is will they support "trumpist" candidates?
False, there is no bargaining tool, because Biden already ADMITTED he wants to remove tariffs on Chinese-made goods because it's hurting American middle class and consumers.
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You lose all leverage in any negotiation if you reveal your target goal ahead of time.
Plus, Biden's top pick for Treasury Secretary is Lael Brainard , a Harvard trained PhD who helped China get into the WTO, help get NAFTA/outsourcing deal passed, and resisted against labelling China a currency manipulator. Source:
China would get very favorable negotiator that wants to end the tariffs. So long as there is no enforcement mechanism/snap-back provisions, China can promise the moon, Biden can claim victory, and both moves on. Just like the old times.
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There will be a civil war amongst the Republican party, with one side wanting to return to "normalcy" and another side wanting to continue Trump-brand of Republicanism (e.g. twitter fury, shoot-from-the-hips). Lincoln Project wouldn't want anything to do with Trumpism if he loses. Lincoln Project will try to white-wash history to pretend that Republicans never enabled Trump, but they did enable him and support him.
Everyone here who thinks Sleepy Joe is going to be better than Trump is in for a rude awakening. I prefer Trump because it's like watching Rome collapse in color.
Bannon already claimed that epoch time can be a goto websites for conservatives in 2 years. Im worried how much craziness will happen in a few years.
The big question is will congress allow that? Or will they try to stone Wall?
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That Biden is picking Lael Brainard for Treasury Secretary more than indicates he's going to aim for a reset. Biden may sound like tough on China to compete with Trump, but look at Biden's actions, not his rhetoric.
Doubt it. Epoch times editors are trash just like other Chinese based english language newspapers. They can bitch about CCP, but Republicans have more enemies than the just the CCP.