A piece in the South China Morning Post reports that a Tsinghua University think tank says due to China's strong economic resilience means trade negotiators are able to take a harder line during talks with the US

  • warned Beijing should not go too far with retaliatory measures
  • the ultimate aim was to "bring the US back to the negotiating table"
  • China could start a "new round of reform and opening up" to handle "an adverse current of anti-globalisation and [efforts to] contain China's development"

Link here.

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This ahead of Xi - Trump G20 meeting expected on friday