Since President Trump won the election, he has frequently expressed a tough stand on US trade protection, and his cabinet members have also repeatedly made similar comments. On the early morning of March 23, 2018 (Beijing time), the US announced that it would soon release the findings of Section 301 investigation, according to which it might impose further restriction on Chinese investment, acquisitions and transactions in the US, and impose tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods to punish China for “violating US intellectual property rights”. This might increase the possibility of a large-scale China-US trade war. China must remain calm and make strategic planning in order to protect its legitimate rights and interests. Professor Liu Zhibiao, Dean of Yangtze IDEI, held discussions with relevant experts and scholars for the first time on the topic “How Should China Rationally Respond to the China-US Trade War?” They exchanged their ideas on how China should take all necessary measures to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.
