Politik Indonesia: Indonesian Political Science Review
Vol 7, No 1 (2022): Politics and Development

The US-China Trade War Phenomenon (2018-2020) In Economic Diplomacy Perspective

Kholid, Muhammad (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Apr 2022

Abstract

The US-China trade war in 2018-2020 has attracted the attention of many observers and researchers to investigate the driving forces that cause the clash between the two great power countries. Most of them place this phenomenon in the prism of realism by using Thucydides’ trap as a framework. Several studies analyze it within the framework of economics and political economy perspectives. This article tries to fill the gap in the explanation of the US-China trade war by using the economic diplomacy framework. Based on a qualitative method, the author argues that the United States under the leadership of Donald Trump uses tariff bargaining as a diplomatic tool to protect and maintain the supremacy of the United States' innovation and technology against China.

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jpi

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Social Sciences

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Politik Indonesia: Indonesian Political Science Review is political science's premier scholarly research journal on Indonesian politics, providing peer-reviewed articles and review essays from subfields throughout the discipline. Areas covered: local politics, ethics and politics, public policy, and ...