Friend or foe? Donald Trump's view of the world is often black and white. Until now, the 70-year old has placed China in the enemy camp, mainly for economic reasons. For decades now, Beijing has had trade surpluses in the hundreds of billions of dollars. And that was reason enough for presidential candidate Trump to take issue with China in almost every speech he made: Past administrations had permitted Beijing to commit trade abuses. Trump promised his supporters to change this as soon as he took office.
But what actions will follow his words? That's a question Chinese President Xi Jinping is now surely asking himself as he prepares to meet Trump for the first time in person. The answer to that question is of interest to all countries that have large trade surpluses with the United States, including Germany, Canada and Mexico.
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