Expert: US-China Mutual Leverage Fuels Stability

Former U.S. official Peter Harrell said both China and the U.S. hold meaningful leverage: the U.S. via tariffs, export controls, semiconductors, the dollar and AI technology, and China via rare earths, specialty chemicals and manufacturing scale. This mutual leverage explains the recent emphasis on "strategic stability" and efforts to ease tensions while reducing dependence.

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