The Perfect Storm Confronting Xi Jinping (Heritage Foundation)

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Entering 2018, Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to be charting a very new path not only for China but for himself.

• China has floated, at various points over the past two years, increasing purchases of American goods by $200 billion to $1 trillion.

• If Xi is worried about domestic stability, he likely cannot pass along tariff-induced rises in food prices to the consumer (at least not in full). READ MORE

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