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US can’t force Asian countries into its trade camp
Trump’s deals with Malaysia and Cambodia will not turn them into economic satellites in a cold war of commerce.
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US President Donald Trump at Kuala Lumpur International Airport before his departure on Oct 27.
PHOTO: AFP
Alan Beattie
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Last week’s trade truce between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping has deferred all-out trade conflict between the world’s two great geo-economic superpowers.
But the rivalry remains in lower-profile theatres of combat, including the struggle between Washington and Beijing to pull other countries into their economic orbits.
