As the tit-for-tat continues between Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump over the U.S. president’s sweeping tariffs, most experts agree that if the final push comes to final shove, the ChiComs in Beijing will be left holding the short end of the stick.
Put simply, the Communist giant’s economy was already in a precarious position before this whole thing began, and it’s only going to worsen the longer this trade war — yes, by definition, it’s a trade war — continues.
But, as Ryan Hass of the Brookings Institution posted on X earlier in April:
Anyone advising Trump that Xi will beg for forgiveness is committing malpractice. That is not the mood or the plan in Beijing now.
Xia Baolong, a senior Chinese official who oversees Hong Kong and Macao, lashed out in a televised speech shortly after China opted to hike its tariff on imports…
