Let’s hope the new US president ends the conflict as he promised – Opinion

Donald Trump’s election victory on Wednesday has increased concerns. During his election campaign, he proposed imposing a 10 percent tariff on all U.S. imports and a 60 percent tariff on Chinese goods.

Given highly interconnected global supply chains, a tariff war against one economy today means a tariff war against many countries; Not to mention that a tariff or trade war initiated by the US would harm the US economy and consumers. Research shows that tariff wars have been and will continue to be disastrous for U.S. workers, consumers, and businesses.

In particular, win-win cooperation between the world’s two largest economies has always benefited not only the people of the two countries, but also the world as a whole.

One of the biggest concerns is what kind of people the president-elect will choose for his new cabinet. On Tuesday, Ron Paul, a former Republican congressman from Texas, warned the likes of John Bolton and Mike Pompeo of the danger of “neocons once again invading” the new US administration. His message about the

The world has become a more dangerous place today due to the Biden administration’s obsession with playing zero-sum games, especially in its relations with China, and focusing its energies on measures to contain China and divide the world into conflicting political blocs.

The US’s dirty role in the Asia-Pacific includes increasing tensions in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. It has also prolonged the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine conflicts, fueling the fire to achieve its own narrow geopolitical goals.

Many experts, including Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs, have warned that current US foreign policy is pushing the world towards a new Cold War, a potential third world war, and even a nuclear war that could destroy the entire human race.

While many people are skeptical of the promises made by the next president of the United States during the presidential campaign and on Wednesday, especially his promise to “stop the wars,” such promises are needed more than most other things in today’s world.

Despite being politically incorrect in Washington, Trump has repeatedly said it’s great to get along with China, Russia and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

As a journalist who covered the first summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore in 2018, I was impressed by his efforts to engage with North Korea, because this is another important thing the world needs today.

It’s too early to tell what Trump administration 2.0 will look like. But I hope he keeps his promise to end the conflicts in Eurasia and the Middle East, restore lasting peace in the Middle East, and improve relations with China, Russia, and North Korea, thus halting the slide toward a new Cold War. even the third world war.

The world should never see a new Cold War, let alone a new world war.

The writer is chief of the EU Bureau of China Daily, based in Brussels. [email protected]

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