Business Spotlight – Nr.6 2019

EDITORIAL 6/2019 Business Spotlight 3

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T

he impact of Donald Trump’s “America

First” policy is becoming all too clear.

The US president has both threatened

and imposed tariffs on a wide range

of imports from other countries —

China in particular. Trump believes

that such tariffs can protect US

industries, increase growth and improve his

prospects of getting re-elected as president

in November 2020. But as predicted by many

experts, the tariffs have led to retaliation by

China and created heightened economic

uncertainty. Our cover feature by Eamonn

Fitzgerald looks at the battle between the US

and China for global economic and politi-

cal supremacy — a battle whose outcome is

highly unpredictable (pp. 14–27).

Some of the most important questions fac-

ing any organization are how decisions are

made, who is responsible for making them

and whether effective action follows these

decisions. In the sixth part of our special

series on leadership, Bob Dignen provides

tips for optimizing your decision-making

processes (pp. 38–45).

PS: In the next issue of Business Spotlight, we

start a new series of collectable inserts of

essential business vocabulary. For more

details, see pages 36–37.

EDITORIAL

Words and actions

Donald Trump has not only threatened China with tariffs,

but he has also put his words into action. The outcome of the

current trade war is highly uncertain.

IAN MCMASTER,

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

i.mcmaster@

spotlight-verlag.de

A threat to

the global

economy:

the US-China

trade war