Trade Issues, China Media Highlights Biden's Call for Reasonable Agreement

Possibility of US Multilateralism Return and Diplomacy Principles Targeting China

[Asia Economy Beijing=Special Correspondent Jo Young-shin] Chinese state-run media have collectively begun to spotlight Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate of the United States. This is interpreted as reflecting hopeful sentiment for improved relations with the U.S. as tensions with the Donald Trump administration reached a peak.

On the 19th, the state-run Global Times reported that with Biden officially nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate, he could become the next U.S. president in the November election. While forecasting that changes in China-U.S. relations from a diplomatic perspective would not be significant, it expressed optimism that a reasonable agreement could be reached on trade issues.

The newspaper predicted, "If Biden wins the election, there is a high possibility that the U.S. will return to multilateralism, creating many reasons to engage in dialogue and cooperation with China." It also cited Lu Xiang, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, who anticipated that Biden could revive legacies of the Obama administration such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Above all, it expressed hope that China-U.S. relations would not be driven to a hair-trigger situation.

China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency also unusually published an article highlighting Biden’s political life. Xinhua mentioned his family history, including the loss of his first wife in a traffic accident, introducing his difficult and challenging personal life, and explained his political adversity by noting, "Candidate Biden became the presidential nominee on his third attempt after 1988 and 2008."

However, caution was expressed regarding the possibility that the U.S. diplomatic principle of 'tough stance on China' might continue. Tiao Daming, a China-U.S. relations expert at Renmin University, said, "The Democratic Party will pursue a China policy similar to that of the Republican Party," expressing concern that "the U.S. will continue to clash with China’s core interests such as Xinjiang Uyghur, Tibet, and Hong Kong."

Xinhua also pointed out that Biden could be attacked as a radical leftist and, above all, lacks the power to captivate the public.

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