Joe Biden should learn from Donald Trump on China
Updated Jan 14, 2021 | 19:20 IST
To bring America’s allies back on side, Joe Biden will need to convince them that the US has more to offer than China.
File picture: Joe Biden  |  Photo Credit: AP
When Joe Biden assumes office later this month, how he deals with China will be among his most closely watched policies. To the American voters who sent President Donald Trump packing – and to many observers elsewhere – it might be easy to assume that a return to diplomatic engagement with Beijing is in the best interest of Washington and its allies. But that assumption would be wrong. If there is one place where elements of the past must persist, it’s the tougher approach to China’s Communist Party championed by Trump. And the effect of this will be felt beyond China, the US and Asia, in also Europe and the Middle East.