The Future of US-Chinese Relations under the Administration of Donald Trump
Abstract
Long-standing objectives of U.S. foreign policy remain unaltered regardless of the person incumbent. The US elite unanimously see the purpose of maintaining its leading role in international relations. It is still possible that there will be some corrections the American foreign policy but they will not alter the general line. Donald Trump won the US presidential elections. He announced one of his strategic lines in foreign policy is to deter China. From the author's point of view, is to have complex consequences in economics, foreign-policy and defense strategies. The economic growth of China is declining, albeit for the past decades China became the second world power. The USA, at the same time, successfully overcame the consequences of financial crisis 2009. Nowadays, the GDP gap between considering countries is growing again and China is unlikely to reduce it in the short term. It is possible that during the diplomatic negotiations, the USA will reduce its influence in some world regions: they are ready to redistribute the spheres responsibility and demonstrate their attentive position to the interests of other state. The US-China relationships exist in changeable and dynamic forms and in this context, China relates to the stability of its partnership with Russia.
About the Author
V. Y. Vorobiev
Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO-University MFA Russia
Russian Federation
Senior Research Fellow, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO-University MFA Russia, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Senior Research Fellow, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO-University MFA Russia, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation
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Vorobiev V.Y. The Future of US-Chinese Relations under the Administration of Donald Trump. Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law. 2016;9(6):60-75. (In Russ.)
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