After Geneva: A cross-cultural reflection on cooperation

Featured contributor Prof. Josef Mahoney on China and the US tariff adjustments, the Joint Statement on China-US Economic and Trade Meeting in Geneva and economic and trade consultation mechanism.

Editor's Note: China and the US enacted tariff adjustments on May 14 following the implementation of the Joint Statement on China-US Economic and Trade Meeting in Geneva. The two sides have also agreed to establish an economic and trade consultation mechanism. As Beijing and Washington take steps to ease tensions, a more fundamental question arises: Why…