“U.S. standing in Asia has been at record lows under Trump,” says Jackson. What will Biden do differently?
In January 2021, the norm-destroying administration of Donald J. Trump comes to an end in the United States. Many in Asia will breathe a sigh of relief to see former Vice President Joe Biden, a known quantity, take over the White House. Jackson is also the author of the recent book «On the Brink: Trump, Kim, and the Threat of Nuclear War».
China looms large as a foreign policy question for the Biden administration, with competition in nearly every area: security, economy, and diplomacy.
So what to keep from a fairly broken policy? In the near term, keep the tariffs until you can review which are arbitrary and which do more harm than good.
This article was written by Shannon Tiezzi
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