Allen C. Guelzo, Director of the Civil War Era Studies Program at Gettysburg College, is the author of numerous books on American history, including Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President and his newly-released Gettysburg: The Last Invasion.
In Vietnam, Xi hit out indirectly at the Trump administration’s policies, warning there were “no winners in trade wars or tariff wars, and protectionism leads nowhere.”
The Vietnamese government is clearly desperate for negotiations with the Trump administration, but all indications are that the White House will proceed with its economic shock treatment without exception.
In response to the prospect of a tariff war, representatives of Taiwan’s ruling establishment headed to Washington on February 11 to express their willingness to “work with” the Trump administration.
It is the United States, which has no legal standing in the disputes nor any historical right in these waters, that has destabilised the region, turning it into a plausible site for World War III.
