Xi Jinping, Anticipating Return of Trump, Tells China to Brace for 'Challenges'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : " "The concerns of the people about jobs and incomes, elderly and child care, education and medical services are always on my mind," he claimed.
50% : The ten-percent tariff would be added to a proposed 60-percent tariff on Chinese goods that Trump promised on the campaign trail.
45% : " Without mentioning Trump, the United States, or any other country, Xi addressed concerns about how he would handle a second Trump term by promising that "China will work with all countries to promote friendship and cooperation, enhance mutual learning among different cultures, and build a community with a shared future for mankind.
30% : Trump added to Communist Party concerns later that month by announcing that, should China not take the fentanyl crisis more seriously, he would impose "an additional 10% Tariff, above any additional Tariffs, on all of their many products coming into the United States of America."
26% : Most prominently, following his election Trump threatened to impose new tariffs on Chinese goods in response to China's prominent role in enabling the global fentanyl trade, which has caused an unprecedented drug crisis in America.
26% : Chinese markets fell significantly the week Trump was elected, both on the back of the expectation that Trump would limit trade with China and after investors lamented that the economic stimulus package Xi proposed was too meager.

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