Why China Is Risking a Trade War

[The Journal.]

Faced with stagnating economic growth, Chinese leader Xi Jinping decided to go all in on manufacturing and exporting. But, as Lingling Wei reports, the increase in low-cost Chinese goods is squeezing businesses around the world and raising the specter of a new trade war.



Further Listening:

- How Xi Jinping's Dream Slowed China's Economy

- The Political Cost of China's Faltering Economy



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- Why China Is Starting a New Trade War

- China Revives Socialist Ideas to Fix Its Real-Estate Crisis




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