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How the US-China trade war has changed the world

Graham Watson

28th December 2019

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The BBC looks here at how the US-China trade war has changed the global trading environment, identifying three main themes - the end of multilateralism, across a range of issues; a splintering of global supply chains and the rise of Chinese power mean that the world at 2020 is greatly different to the world in 2010.

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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