loadingJia QingguoHow to Understand the Current Sino-US
RelationshipJia QingguoAbstract: US President Donald Trump initiated a trade war against China
with the intention of altering China' s development model, but trade
friction can be resolved through negotiations. Although the short-term outlook on the Sino-US relationship is not optimistic, the two countries' national interests are best served by avoiding long-term conflict. Trade
friction or a trade war can only lead to mutual harm rather than benefits gained by either side.Keywords: China' s development model. South China Sea, Taiwan,
national interestsn the Sino-US relationship, what are the major issues now? What has changed to make these issues outstanding and worrisome on a global level? Where is the Sino-US relationship headed? Added to disputes over
IChina's rise, Taiwan and the South China Sea, the recent trade friction along with accusations of technology theft, an attempt to block China's 5G communications development, and a high profile arrest of a Huawei executive seem to bode ill for the future of Si no ?US relations.The trade friction began with the US placing tariffs on Chinese
products, while China stepped up with countermeasures. The US imposed a hefty 25% tariff on Chinese exports worth US $36 billion to the United States, and China responded with a 25% tariff on American exports worth US$36 billion to China. As the US threatened similar tariffs in early 2019 on $200 billion worth of Chinese exports, the world watched to see what would transpire. In December 2018, with the heads of state of China and the US in Buenos Aires at the G?20 summit, the two sides agreed to put a'Jia Qingguo is a professor and fomier Dean of the School of International Relations, Peking University. This article is abstracted from his recorded lecture August 2, 2018 at the College for Northeast Asian Studies, Shandong University.34CIR Vol. 29 No. 2