President-elect Joe Biden will not immediately axe the tariffs imposed on China during President Donald Trump's trade war and has said that the U.S. needs to work towards increasing its "leverage" over Beijing.
Biden told The New York Times that when he takes office, the 25 percent tariffs that the Trump administration had slapped on around half of China's exports would stay in place for the time being.
Ties between Beijing and Washington deteriorated under Trump who picked fights with China over trade and technology.
There was a respite when both sides signed a "phase one" trade deal in January, committing China to purchasing $200 billion in extra American goods and services in 2020 and 2021. It temporarily put a halt to further tariff increases, but did leave earlier hikes in place.
Beijing is falling behind on the phase one deal but Biden said he would review the existing U.S.-China agreement, and try to work with allies in Asia and Europe to develop a "coherent strategy."
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WNU Editor: The tariffs are the leverage, and there is a trade deal between China and the U.S. that favors the U.S.. The onus for the incoming administration will be to keep China to its word and commitments. As to building an alliance first with a "coherent" policy when it comes to China .... good luck on that.
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Doesn't having a coherent policy come after Joe being able to coherently think and thus coherently speak?
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