In light of the massive trade tariffs imposed by the US on import of Chinese products, leading experts have expressed vastly divergent views on the prospect of a US-China trade war, with the Chinese insisting that existing arrangements have enhanced prosperity in both the countries.
"We have yet to see China fully liberalise or open its markets to American investors," said Ken Weinstein, president of Washington-based Hudson Institute, at a dialogue with scholars from Beijing's Center for China and Globalisation.
Weinstein cited "serious issues in the US-China relationship," including "intellectual property theft, the role of heavily subsidised state-owned enterprises tied in some cases to the People's Liberation Army and ministries, trade undertakings for strategic purposes, below market costs, dumping of products, there is a long list of issues we are here to discuss on the American side."