Despite the threat of being hit with high tariffs and being labelled a currency manipulator, China will see benefits in the election of Donald Trump. In the near term, the dollar’s weakness against other major currencies should ease pressure on the People’s Bank to support the renminbi. Of more lasting significance, if the US is less engaged in Asia, Beijing will have an opportunity to shape regional political and economic integration on its own terms.
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