{"id":2765,"date":"2019-05-06T11:32:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T10:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/china-research\/?p=2765"},"modified":"2020-01-20T09:00:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T08:00:57","slug":"the-naivity-of-financial-markets-about-u-s-china-trade-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/china-research\/?p=2765","title":{"rendered":"The naivity of financial markets about U.S.- China trade negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only a few days ago, I read all the positive comments on the ongoing progress of trade negotiations between the U.S. and China. A trade deal any time soon was almost anticipated by financial markets.<\/p>\r\n<p>However, new signals and threats are now coming in about the trade war between the U.S. and China which may be even escalating in the near future \u2013 developments that I have pointed at several times before in this blog (e.g. on chinaresearch.se from March 18 on the last page).<\/p>\r\n<p>A big problem is that many analysts neither understand the psychology of the American president sufficiently since he regards China really as a major and unfair competitor nor do they understand the psychology and culture of China very well.<\/p>\r\n<p>This means indeed poor conditions for interpreting the negotiations between the world&#8217;s two largest economies. One should be careful. Trade talks continue to be complicated.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lnu.se\/api\/media\/12178-fw350fh461cy28cw350ch350\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Hubert Fromlet<\/em><\/strong><em>\r\n<\/em>Affiliate Professor at the School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University\r\n<a href=\"..\/editorial-board\/\">Editorial board<\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/china-research\">Back to Start Page<\/a><em>\r\n<\/em>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only a few days ago, I read all the positive comments on the ongoing progress of trade negotiations between the U.S. and China. A trade deal any time soon was almost anticipated by financial markets. 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