Trade, Taiwan and now Trump: China braces for a volatile new era in U.S. ties

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trade-taiwan-now-trump-china-braces-volatile-new-era-us-ties-rcna179070

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  1. We must find a way to “get along,” Chinese President [Xi Jinping](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-us-election-trump-harris-xi-jinping-rcna173770) told President-elect [Donald Trump](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/doj-moving-wind-trump-criminal-cases-takes-office-rcna178930) in a congratulatory message Thursday — an immediate nod to the long-frayed relations between the rival superpowers as well as the disruption Trump’s return to the White House might bring.

    Trump could inject new levels of volatility into what is often described as the world’s most important bilateral relationship, after an election win that comes at a critical moment for the globe’s two largest economies.

    Ties have been at their lowest point in decades amid disputes over trade, technology, [Taiwan](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/taiwanese-believe-china-unlikely-invade-coming-five-years-poll-shows-rcna174631) and Chinese aggression in the [South China Sea](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/us-get-drawn-conflict-south-china-sea-rcna166874). 

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