As a countermeasure, China should extend its unilateral opening-up measures to countries like the United States, Zheng Yongnian, dean of the School of Public Policy at the Shenzhen Campus of the Chinese University of China, said on Saturday. Hong Kong.

China’s economy and trade will likely face “significant shocks” in the near term after Trump returns to the White House, but geopolitical pressures may ease, Zheng said.

Trump’s expected use of the “tariff stick” against China as part of his “America First” policy approach would not only “maximally” damage bilateral relations, but also sabotage the international trading system, a- he added.