China’s retaliation against US shows depth of its trade war strategy, analysts say

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China has implemented export controls and sanctions against US companies in response to US measures, reflecting an expanded and more assertive trade war strategy. Analysts see this retaliation as demonstrating Beijing’s growing willingness to use a broad economic toolkit.

China’s latest export controls and sanctions against American companies in response to recent US measures underscore Beijing’s expanding economic toolkit and its growing willingness to deploy it, according to analysts. “The multiple actions that China undertook underscore the breadth and depth of China’s retaliatory toolbox,” said Wendy Cutler, the senior vice-president at the Asia Society Policy Institute. She added that Beijing’s latest response stood in “sharp contrast” to its “ability and...