US–China Strategic Competition The Quest for Global Technological Leadership

November 9, 2019

The underlying driver of the ongoing US–China trade war is a race for global technological dominance. President Trump has raised a number of issues regarding trade with China – including the US’s trade deficit with China and the naming of China as a currency manipulator. But at the heart of the ongoing tariff escalation are China’s policies and practices regarding forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft and non-market distortions.

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Gemeente Rotterdam

Rotterdam is a metropolitan municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland and has 590 131 inhabitants (January 1, 2010, source: CBS) on an area of 319.35 km² (of which more than a third of water). If one includes the population of the annexed municipality Rozenburg on March 18, 2010, the City of Rotterdam comes to 602 620 inhabitants…

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Rotterdam is a metropolitan municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland and has 590 131 inhabitants (January 1, 2010, source: CBS) on an area of 319.35 km² (of which more than a third of water). If one includes the population of the annexed municipality Rozenburg on March 18, 2010, the City of Rotterdam comes to 602 620 inhabitants…

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