As long as it operated as a cheap factory, China’s growth
was welcomed by the US, and its emergence as a new market
for consumer goods was eagerly anticipated. However, in
the mid-2010s the relationship between the rising nation
and the incumbent superpower became more competitive.
With the election in 2016 of Donald Trump on an “America
First” platform, the gloves came off. Unhappy with the trade
imbalance, the US president kicked off a trade war in 2018.
The fallout for companies has been considerable.
(Lucy Colback. www.ft.com, 28.02.2020. Adaptado.)
O excerto descreve mudanças nas relações geopolíticas
entre Estados Unidos e China nas últimas décadas. Essas
mudanças resultaram em