On Sino-U.S. Trade Wars: A Dialectical Consideration

We point out the problem of deindustrialization that both the United States and developed countries are going through. And the reasons of Trump administration gave to pursue an economic policy with a protectionist bias and the identification of U.S. unilateralist foreign policy with repercussions on the World Trade Organization (WTO). The ideological political composition of the Trump administration’s first echelon influences the trade war with China. The role of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) with Robert Lighthizer, the characteristics of foreign direct investment (FDI) in U.S.-China relations, the measurable impacts during the trade war on American agriculture, and some observations on the signing of phase one of the trade agreement between the countries are discussed deeply in this part. We end the chapter with the idea of The Globalization Paradox.