Trade Wars and China’s role in Global Stability

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Trade Wars and China's role in Global Stability

US President Donald Trump has shaken the world with a bizarre string of tariffs on China. It has injected a lot of anxiety and uncertainty across the globe. Can China, its the neighbours as well as the extended neighbourhood join hands to tide over the turbulence caused by a strident Tump policy? Does China possess the capacity to act as anchor of multilateralism through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)? Economist Javed Hassan offers his take on the current situation.