How cultural stereotypes shape US-China negotiations

THE trade dispute between China and the US has sent ripples around the world. Amid a raft of tit-for-tat tariffs, the escalating row has unnerved investors and led to fears of a protracted trade war fuelling a slowdown in the global economy.

At the root of the row are American perceptions that China pursues unfair trading practices and that Chinese firms - with the backing of Beijing - have stolen US intellectual property.

Such allegations have been simmering in the US for several years, but have reached boiling point following the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency.