“China knew its immense trade surplus with the US, as with almost every other country, was going to be a central issue in the relations with the new American administration. However, it is likely that it was not expecting a declaration of full-scale trade war through the unprecedented tariffs that Trump announced.”
Andrea Ghiselli (ChinaMed, T.wai & University of Exeter) is interviewed in the article “First 100 days: Trump reorients US strategy to counter China” for Anadolu Agency.
Research Fellow
Andrea Ghiselli is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai, and serves as the Head of Research of the ChinaMed Project. He is also a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Exeter.
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