Date of Award

Spring 5-2024

Document Type

Undergraduate Honors Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business

Department

International Business

Advisor

Eileen Daspro

Abstract

How can the United States and China collaboratively de-escalate their current trade relationship using a conflict resolution methodology to foster economic growth and foreign investor confidence in the evolving landscape of global trade? This paper will serve as a guide to those wanting to gain a comprehensive understanding of the macroeconomic causes and impacts of the contentious trade war between the U.S. and China. The year 2018 can be attributed to the start of the war when then-President Donald Trump implemented tariffs on Chinese goods and products. These back-and-forth financial and economic measures have been continually imposed to this day and tensions have escalated throughout the extensive timeline provided. Trade still remains tense between the two today with the United States’ growing concerns over Chinese foreign companies stealing U.S intellectual property. This conflict is complex and multi-faceted with the countries disputing on fronts such as intellectual property, technology, national security, foreign country developments and investments, trade deficit, and other factors. Various recommendations for policymakers in each country and future opportunities should utilize, emphasize, and closely follow cross-cultural communication tactics laid out at the end of the paper. Will there ever be a solution to the seemingly never-ending fire that ignites trade titans China and the United States? The aim of this paper is to shed light on potential solutions using a global conflict methodology so that negotiators can become more effective in creating mutually beneficial agreements.

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