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China’s New Game Plan for Dealing With Trump Tariffs

On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, why a second trade war between the US under Trump and China under Xi could look very different from the first

Gantry cranes at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

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By K Oanh Ha, Yang Yang, Naomi Ng, and Jessica Beck

February 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM UTC

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February 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM UTC

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As US President Donald Trump imposes new tariffs on China, Xi Jinping's government has had a far more muted response than it did during the trade war in Trump’s first term.