Op-ed: What to expect from Trump’s first 100 days when it comes to China
By Dewardric McNeal, managing director and senior policy analyst at Longview Global, who served as an Asia policy specialist at the Defense Department during the Obama administration, and is a CNBC contributor.
With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the U.S.-China relationship is heading straight into turbulent waters. Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a note of congratulations to Trump on Thursday, emphasizing cooperation over confrontation, shortly after China’s Foreign Ministry offered a cautious response to Trump’s victory, with spokeswoman Mao Ning emphasizing “mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation.”
These statements hint that, for now, Beijing is holding out hope for maintaining some dialogue and stability. Yet beneath this diplomatic language, there’s a strong undercurrent of apprehension in Beijing, as Trump’s mercurial style and “shoot-from-the-hip” approach could upend the delicate balance carefully nurtured by his predecessor.
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