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Asia’s geopolitical landscape continues to be dominated by competition between Washington and Beijing. While global finance ministers at last week’s IMF and World Bank meetings stressed that the world economy remains resilient, they cautioned that U.S.‐China trade tensions are eroding business confidence. The Trump administration’s “Liberation Day” tariffs—100 % duties on many Chinese exports—and Beijing’s retaliatory export controls on rare‑earth minerals were singled out as the key risks.
China and Taiwan: History, Narrative and the Future
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