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The American Chamber of Commerce in South China

Chapter Five 蝚??蝡?
US-China Bilateral 蝢?葉??器?喟頂
Relations

While the vast majority of companies believe 蝏?之?典????隡??霈支蛹蝢?葉韐豢?蝥瑚???
that the US-China trade disputes is likely 2019撟湔??拙之????賣?改?蝥?舅???霈蹂?
to escalate in 2019, approximately 25 percent of the 銝??銝箄?????找?憭扼??
respondents disagree.

Escalation of US-China Trade Dispute in 2019
蝢?葉韐豢?蝥瑚???2019撟湔?憭抒??????

However, compared with our study conducted at 雿??颲??隞??2018撟?9???????瑁??伐???
the end of September 2018, more respondents 憭??霈蹂?銝??蝢?葉?喟頂?????”蝷箔?閫???
remain optimistic about the prospects of US-China ?賜?撖寧?銝??蝟餃???????閫???????銝箔?閫????
relations now. Although the number of companies ???隡??隞??撠??銝??嚗???????銝箸?閫???????
who are ??ptimistic?? or ??ore optimistic?? about the 閫?????漲???霈蹂?銝??鈭??????喟漲銝斗?嚗??甇文?
outlook of US-China relations takes up slightly less 霈蹂?銝??蝢?葉?喟頂?????舅???????啗情???????
than 30 percent, that of the respondents with a ??ore ???嚗??韏??銝???嗡?憭??隡??撖寧?銝??蝟餌????
pessimistic?? or ??essimistic?? attitude has descended ?港蛹銋??銝?鈭???
from 50 percent to about 20 percent. The opinions
towards the prospects of US-China relations among
the companies are polarized. Interestingly, we also
find that the American companies are more optimistic
towards the bilateral relations than their counterparts.

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