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Mihir Sharma, Columnist
By Mihir Sharma
Mihir Sharma is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A senior fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi, he is author of “Restart: The Last Chance for the Indian Economy.”
China’s dominance of world trade is crushing the developing world.
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Yet for workers and companies across the developing world, the possibility of a return to a status quo ante isn’t an entirely comforting notion, either. A new normal that preserves China’s dominance of global trade hurts them far more than it does the US or other Western nations.
Opinion
Mihir Sharma, Columnist
China’s Trade Model Is Built on Keeping Others Poor
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM GMT+8By Mihir Sharma
Mihir Sharma is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A senior fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi, he is author of “Restart: The Last Chance for the Indian Economy.”
China’s dominance of world trade is crushing the developing world.
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The world has, for the most part, welcomed the trade truce between the US and China. Exporters, in particular, are hoping for a period of quiet that will allow them to adjust to a new world with higher tariffs and more restrictions.Yet for workers and companies across the developing world, the possibility of a return to a status quo ante isn’t an entirely comforting notion, either. A new normal that preserves China’s dominance of global trade hurts them far more than it does the US or other Western nations.