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The latest trade data will give Mr. Trump “fresh ammunition” going into the talks with Mr. Xi, said Han Lin, the China country director of The Asia Group, a consulting firm.   “But it also strengthens Xi’s hand. China’s exports remain resilient despite U.S. tariffs, underscoring Beijing’s leverage,” said Mr. Lin.

Tariffs are back at the center of U.S. trade policy, with President Donald Trump recently imposing new duties on 60 trading partners, including Japan. But the larger question is not whether tariffs will define Trump’s remaining time in office. It is where U.S. trade policy is likely to go after he leaves. Here are three

“Beijing is preparing lenders to finance its next strategic investment cycle, “particularly the massive capital requirements of AI and advanced technology,” said Han Shen Lin, China country director at The Asia Group. “China is effectively using state capital to strengthen the banking system’s shock absorbers.”

David Boling of the consulting firm The Asia Group said, “Bessent thinks Abenomics succeeded but now risks worsening Japan’s inflation problem. His concern is that Japan is keeping fiscal and monetary policies designed for deflation even though the problem now is inflation.”

“The G-20 has rarely spoken with this degree of consensus on nonmarket distortions and overcapacity,” said Han Lin, China managing director for The Asia Group, a U.S. consulting firm. “It signals growing convergence among major economies that Chinese industrial policy is creating spillovers they increasingly feel compelled to address.”

Tuesday’s listing was “not a loss” despite the lukewarm market sentiments, said Han Lin, China director of consultancy firm The Asia Group. “Public markets see Shein as more of a maturing retailer that’s facing tariffs, regulations and competition,” he told AFP, adding that “the early share price weakness suggests investors want evidence, not really promises”.

“Xi is keeping Iran at arm’s length publicly while still maintaining contact privately,” said Han Shen Lin, managing director for China at The Asia Group, a Washington-based strategic-advisory firm. The absence of Xi-Pezeshkian coverage from the state newspaper’s front page reinforces the view that Beijing is “carefully managing optics,” Lin said. China is seeking to

“It has absolutely missed the best timing for an IPO,” said Jin Lu, senior vice president of The Asia Group consultancy. “Everyone is watching to see whether there’s still room for growth, and how much room there is. And competition, if anything, has intensified,” he said.

“The Asian country has built a legal mechanism that essentially tells Chinese companies their foreign bankers must comply with U.S. rules, but inside China, Beijing’s law takes precedence,” said Han Shen Lin, China managing director for The Asia Group

“When the U.S. focuses more on how fast and how advanced their AI models are in their laboratories, Chinese tech companies are already making AI solutions to be very practical,” says TAG Partner and Chair of Digital Practice George Chen in an interview with South Korean digital media outlet TheGuru on August 27, 2026.