{"id":18881,"date":"2025-04-12T00:58:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T00:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/steeling-china-for-a-tariff-fight-xi-faces-his-biggest-test-since-covid\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T00:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T00:58:06","slug":"steeling-china-for-a-tariff-fight-xi-faces-his-biggest-test-since-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/steeling-china-for-a-tariff-fight-xi-faces-his-biggest-test-since-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Steeling China for a Tariff Fight, Xi Faces His Biggest Test Since Covid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For the two men at the forefront of a trade war that has begun to rupture ties between the world\u2019s biggest economies, the question has become who will blink first.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On one side is President Trump, who unleashed a disruptive plan to transform the modern global trading system with tariffs \u2014 only to back down hours after it took effect, pausing the import duties for every country but China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On the other side is Xi Jinping, China\u2019s top leader, who has a well-earned reputation for refusing to yield. He stuck to China\u2019s tight Covid restrictions <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/07\/world\/asia\/covid-china-lockdowns-chaos.html\" title=\"\">long past the point where they were working<\/a>. He pressed ahead with his goal of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/14\/business\/china-exports-manufacturing.html\" title=\"\">making China the world\u2019s leader<\/a> in electric vehicles and solar panels, despite alarm from trading partners about the flood of cheap exports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Now, as Mr. Xi faces what could be the biggest test of his leadership since the pandemic, he has been true to form. On Friday, his government escalated its response to Mr. Trump, raising tariffs on U.S. imports to 125 percent, despite concerns that a prolonged trade war could deepen China\u2019s economic malaise. Before that announcement, Mr. Xi struck a confident note in his first public comments about the trade showdown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere will be no winners in a tariff war, and going against the world will only isolate oneself,\u201d Mr. Xi said while hosting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of Spain in Beijing, without explicitly mentioning Mr. Trump or the United States. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cFor more than 70 years, China has always relied on self-reliance and hard work for development,\u201d Mr. Xi continued. \u201cIt has never relied on anyone\u2019s gifts and is unafraid of any unreasonable suppression.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Xi can afford to be more stubborn than his American counterpart. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong, he has surrounded himself with loyalists, purged his opponents and imposed tight social controls to stifle dissent. He has styled himself as a strongman with a nationalistic vision of China\u2019s rejuvenation. His officials have mobilized state funds to stabilize Chinese financial markets as stocks around the world plunged over the tariffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cXi has spent his whole career hardening the country for precisely this moment,\u201d said Joseph Torigian, an associate professor at American University in Washington who studies elite politics in China. \u201cHe likely believes that the Chinese political system is superior to the American one because it has greater cohesion and discipline. He probably thinks the Chinese people will sacrifice for a mission of national rejuvenation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Xi can play the long game. He has no elections to consider and is empowered to rule over China indefinitely, having <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/03\/11\/world\/asia\/china-xi-constitution-term-limits.html\" title=\"\">abolished presidential term limits<\/a> in 2018. Mr. Trump has to leave office in 2029 (though he has suggested he might defy the Constitution and make a third run at the White House).<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Xi can also point to the trade war as vindication of his frequent warnings about Western hostility toward China \u2014 his stated reason for taking an all-encompassing approach to national security and investing in a world-class military at the expense of other needs. Mr. Trump\u2019s decision to give every country but China a reprieve from his tariffs reinforces that narrative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis will actually save Xi Jinping from having to take responsibility for the lack of economic growth in China. It is a \u2018get out of jail free\u2019 card for him,\u201d said Jessica Teets, a political scientist at Middlebury College in Vermont and an expert on Chinese politics. \u201cChinese citizens and business leaders will view this as outside of his control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">China\u2019s propaganda organs have been rallying the country for a protracted fight. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">People\u2019s Daily, the ruling Communist Party\u2019s mouthpiece, published an editorial likening Washington to a band of pirates. Chinese diplomats are closing ranks, People\u2019s Daily reported, with one official calling for a \u201cdiplomatic iron army\u201d that is \u201cloyal to the Party, courageous in taking responsibility, daring to fight and strictly disciplined.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mao Ning, a senior Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, posted on X a video of a speech that Mao Zedong made during the Korean War \u2014 known in China as the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea \u2014 in which he declared, \u201cNo matter how long this war is going to last, we\u2019ll never yield.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe are Chinese. We are not afraid of provocations. We don\u2019t back down,\u201d Ms. Mao wrote in her post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dali Yang, a professor at the University of Chicago who studies Chinese politics, said that such messaging was sure to continue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere will undoubtedly be a sustained effort to put the blame on the United States and especially Trump and his rapid moves and reversals,\u201d Professor Yang said, adding that the party \u201chas strong capabilities to effectively reach ordinary people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For all his power, Mr. Xi is not immune to popular discontent, analysts say. China is sure to feel pain from Mr. Trump\u2019s tariffs, which have reached at least 145 percent \u2014 a staggering figure that imperils the country\u2019s $400 billion in annual exports to the United States, its biggest market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Already, factories near the manufacturing hub of Guangzhou that supply garments to American consumers have <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/09\/business\/economy\/guangzhou-china-exports-tariffs.html\" title=\"\">closed<\/a> until there is more clarity on the tariffs. If such closures spread, they could exacerbate China\u2019s unemployment problem, making it even harder for policymakers to revitalize an economy battered by a property crisis and sagging confidence. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For Mr. Xi, the test is likely to be whether the party can keep ordinary Chinese people on its side and help them endure any economic pain from the trade war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When Mr. Xi last faced a challenge on this scale \u2014 the coronavirus pandemic \u2014 his response was initially a point of pride for many Chinese. For more than two years, it kept China\u2019s Covid numbers enviably low with mass testing and snap lockdowns. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But he <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/13\/business\/china-zero-covid-xi.html\" title=\"\">held firm<\/a> to that strict policy well into 2022, as the rest of the world was learning to live with the virus. Anger over mass lockdowns led to some of the biggest protests across China in decades. Disillusionment with the country\u2019s direction led to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/03\/business\/china-brain-drain.html\" title=\"\">an exodus<\/a> of wealthy Chinese and members of the professional class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe Chinese population may not be in a sacrificial mood after Covid,\u201d Mr. Torigian said. \u201cThe economy has struggled to rebound. I doubt very much that Xi Jinping is blind to that problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEven if you think you have a strong repressive capacity to hurt doubters and a jingoistic story to rally supporters, economic dislocations are still dangerous because you never know how bad they will get and whether they will turn into something worse,\u201d Mr. Torigian said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That economic reality suggests that Mr. Xi will probably accept an off-ramp from the tariff showdown if Mr. Trump offers one, analysts said. China has said it does not want a trade war, but its officials have insisted that any deal will depend on the United States treating China as an equal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Thursday, Mr. Trump took a softer tone on China, saying that Mr. Xi \u201chas been a friend of mine for a long period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens with China,\u201d Mr. Trump said. \u201cWe would love to be able to work a deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Berry Wang<!-- --> contributed reporting from Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 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