Yale Professor: Trade War Is Verging on Becoming the Next Cold War

US, China could be entering ‘cold war’ over trade, Yale professor says from CNBC.

via CNBC:

  • World leaders are gathering in Argentina this week, with financial markets paying special attention to a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese premier Xi Jinping.
  • Simmering trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies are expected to dominate the agenda of the G-20 summit, with financial markets closely monitoring the prospect of a potential breakthrough.

 

The U.S. and China could be in the early stages of a Cold War, veteran economist Stephen Roach told CNBC Friday, warning the global trade dispute is likely last for a “long, long time.”

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His comments come ahead of a high-stakes meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese premier Xi Jinping this week, as world leaders gather at the G-20 summit in Argentina.

Simmering trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies are expected to dominate the summit’s agenda, with financial markets closely monitoring the prospect of a potential breakthrough.

“I think the end game is that this is a clash between two systems. And the U.S. is objecting to a state-sponsored ‘market-based socialist system’ that uses the largess of the state to subsidize industrial policy,” Roach, senior fellow at Yale University and former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” Friday.

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