China’s ‘Over-Supporting’ Russia on Ukraine Seen Risking New Trade War

“Over-supporting” Russia’s “Ukraine position,” as Beijing has done since Russian troops invaded, “risks greatly exacerbating ongoing U.S.-China/Sino-western tensions and inviting tougher restrictions on China trade, investment, and commerce from the U.S. and Europe,” blogged David Hoffman, Conference Board senior vice president-Asia and managing director of its China Center for Economics and Business. “If such a repositioning happens, it would likely produce the consensus in Washington, Brussels, Berlin and elsewhere needed to advance tougher, possibly more collective, policies on Sino-western trade and investment, and harder sanctions on Chinese human rights issues,” said Hoffman Thursday.