A nation must think before it acts.
How Trump negotiates with China on territorial disputes, Iran, North Korea and trade will shape ties, said June Teufel Dreyer, a University of Miami political science professor who served as a commissioner on the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
“Trump portrayed himself as the master of the art of the deal,” she said. “Let’s see what success he will have in negotiating with the Chinese, who are also masters. This will be perhaps the most important metric for measuring his success.”