Navigating New Economic Frontiers: China-led Trade Agreements, US-China Trade Wars, and the Impact of Trump-Era Tariff Policies

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 129 - 137

Tuğçenur Ekinci Furtana

Abstract

In recent years, the global economic focus has shifted toward the Asia-Pacific, mainly due to China’s growing influence in trade and investment frameworks such as Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). China aims to reshape global trade norms and strengthen its leadership role. Meanwhile, U.S.-China relations deteriorated, especially during the Trump administration, which imposed tariffs and embraced protectionism, disrupting supply chains and trade stability. In contrast, China expanded partnerships through initiatives like the Belt and Road and bilateral agreements, reducing its dependence on the U.S. This paper explores the evolving dynamic between China’s strategic rise and America’s defensive trade stance, using updated tariff data to assess the long-term economic and geopolitical impacts on global trade structures.Whereas the U.S. turned internal, China reacted by quickening its outreach to other exchange accomplices and solidifying its financial ties over Asia and past. Activities such as the Belt and Street Activity (BRI) and extended reciprocal exchange understandings have permitted China to expand its financial conditions and relieve the affect of U.S. exchange confinements.
This paper investigates the energetic transaction between China’s key development and the Joined together States’ progressively cautious exchange pose. It too analyzes the broader financial and geopolitical suggestions of this move, drawing on overhauled tax plans and exchange stream information from the post-Trump period to evaluate how these improvements may reshape the longer term of worldwide exchange.

Keywords

Trade Wars , Tariff Policies , Belt and Road Initiative , International Trade

Ekonomideki Yeni Aşılan Sınırlar: Çin Liderliğindeki Ticaret Anlaşmaları, ABD-Çin Ticaret Savaşları ve Trump Dönemi Gümrük Politikalarının Etkisi

Abstract

Son yıllarda küresel ekonomik odak, özellikle Bölgesel Kapsamlı Ekonomik Ortaklık (RCEP) ve Kapsamlı Yatırım Anlaşması (CAI) gibi ticaret ve yatırım çerçevelerindeki Çin’in artan etkisi nedeniyle Asya-Pasifik bölgesine kaymıştır. Çin, küresel ticaret normlarını yeniden şekillendirmeyi ve liderlik rolünü güçlendirmeyi hedeflemektedir. Bu sırada, ABD-Çin ilişkileri özellikle Trump yönetimi döneminde gümrük tarifeleri ve korumacı politikaların benimsenmesiyle kötüleşmiş, tedarik zincirlerini ve ticaret istikrarını bozmuştur. Buna karşılık, Çin Kuşak ve Yol Girişimi ile ikili anlaşmalar gibi girişimlerle ortaklıklarını genişleterek ABD’ye olan bağımlılığını azaltmıştır. Bu çalışma, Çin’in stratejik yükselişi ile Amerika’nın savunmacı ticaret yaklaşımı arasındaki değişen dinamiği incelemekte ve güncel tarife verilerini kullanarak küresel ticaret yapıları üzerindeki uzun vadeli ekonomik ve jeopolitik etkileri değerlendirmektedir.

Keywords

Ticaret Savaşları , Gümrük Tarifesi Politikaları , Kuşak ve Yol Girişimi , Uluslararası Ticaret

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