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It is likely that China has already prepared a list of retaliatory tariffs if Trump imposes higher tariffs. The last time Trump was in office, China targeted U.S. agriculture, which was quickly noticed by farmers and ranchers,
There is no winner in a trade war, nor will the world benefit from it. Further increasing tariffs on Chinese products will only significantly drive up the cost of imported goods, inflict more loss on American companies and consumers, and will eventually backfire,
One of our arguments to the Americans would be your consumers actually, and your industries, bear the costs of tariffs, that it’s not a free lunch,
If they go through and actually impose tariffs in the way that they’re suggesting, that will impact global trade and investment,
I think that will stand him in good stead, and they’ve got to know him as Kevin Rudd, as opposed to just his tweets,
They [China] might throw in security and other things – because they have a tendency to put everything on the table in a pot and say, ‘Let’s create linkage between various issues … you know, we want assurances on Taiwan or South China Sea,
Where China is concerned, I think it remains to be seen because we’ve heard what Mr Trump hopes to do in his campaign but what he actually does, we will have to see, including what happens with the key members of his administration and the key members of his Cabinet,
said Mr Wong at a press conference with the local media We hope at the end of the day that Singaporeans themselves will do their part, because at the end of the day, Singaporeans hopefully will understand what’s at stake is choosing the right party to govern,
Yes, the election may produce a winner. But in the end, everyone is worse off because it makes it harder to govern, and it makes it harder for countries to move forward,
We try our best not to go down the path of political populism and opportunism, but find ways to keep our society strong, united, and maintain a high level of trust, because that's essential for Singapore to stay relevant and to survive in this new world,
We hope leaders on both sides will make the wise choices to engage one another, to find a way to coexist with one another (and) have a framework where they compete but at the same time cooperate on issues of shared concerns,
We hope that will be sufficient to earn confidence and trust from Singaporeans, and we hope they will give us the chance to govern Singapore,
We think it’s important to keep these institution(s) strong, to update them where necessary, because many of these were set up decades ago, and they will need to be strengthened and updated in terms of their objectives and functions,
I do not assume that I will continue as prime minister or that the PAP (People’s Action Party) will automatically form the next government,
It’s not for me to comment on how other countries conduct their elections, or what they do in their campaigns. We have our own elections. We have our own circumstances and context,
China will carry on reaching out to Europeans, the British, the Australians and even the Japanese, not only to try to drive a wedge between the U.S. and the countries of the north,
said Jean-Pierre Cabestan, an expert at Hong Kong's Baptist University It'll be a very serious blow to China's international trade that will affect jobs and government revenues,
The first Trump administration did not show a lot of interest in robust engagement in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, which provided the Chinese a lot of latitude to operate in these markets largely uncontested,
said Eric Olander, editor-in-chief of the China-Global South Project Beijing might actually be able to take Taiwan without too much U.S. interference and if that's the case I fear a greater kind of destabilization across the region,
They [the administration] will try and squeeze as much money as they can out of those allies,
says RSIS’s Chen, who adds
