Tech Diplomacy Now: China Threatens Trade Retaliation
The escalating tensions between the U.S. and China places third countries into increasingly tough positions.
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Top News of the Week - China threatens third countries that they should not make deals with the United States
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced that countries that cut trade deals with the United States would face significant retaliation from Beijing. Given that multiple other countries, including Brazil, Indonesia, Turkey, Malaysia and others have already put their own tariffs on Chinese exports, the Chinese Government is likely signaling that it would use strong-arm tactics to open those markets to the dumping of Chinese goods that face barriers in the United States.
Key Points:
China’s dependence on exports to drive its economy make it increasingly vulnerable to combined actions by third countries to impose steep tariffs of their own or block the importation of Chinese goods altogether.
Countries that wish to protect their own manufacturing industries will find it difficult to fulfill Beijing’s demands.
As these conditions continue, the bifurcation of technology and industry standards will likely accelerate. There is already two separate worlds for information technology and internet platforms, as Western systems are not allowed to operate in China, this will likely spread to more areas,
More on Background:
China Warns Countries Not to Team Up with U.S. Against It on Trade – NYTs, April 21, 2025
Trump's tariffs leave China's neighbours with an impossible choice – BBC, April 17, 2025
Which country has leverage in US-China trade war? Experts weigh in – ABC News, April 15, 2025
EVs to the internet: Can the US and China unwind technology interdependence without disaster? – The Interpreter, October 9, 2024
The U.S. And China Are Making Two Tech Worlds, Together – Forbes, July 1, 2024
China and the US might not be decoupling but their technologies are bifurcating – Bruegel, May 16, 2023
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China’s Rare Earths Riposte – The Wire China, April 8, 2025
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