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The United States’ midterm elections are unlikely to deliver a “disruptive” shock to relations between Beijing and Washington despite potential volatility over the issue of Taiwan, according to a prominent Chinese expert in US studies.
Chen Dongxiao, president of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, said any shift in the make-up of the US Congress would mainly complicate President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda.
The impact on foreign policy would be “relatively limited” as the White House leader would retain considerable discretion in that area, he pointed out in an interview published on Wednesday.