RUDN Journal of EconomicsRUDN Journal of Economics2313-23292408-8986Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)2389510.22363/2313-2329-2020-28-2-273-287Research ArticleUSA - China: bad peace is better than a good “trade war”UshanovStepan A.<p>an expert in the Department of Investigation of Financial Fraud and Assistance in Disputable Situations</p>UshanovSA@gmail.comReshadSayar Akhmad<p>master of the second year of education</p>sayarakhmad@yandex.ruErnst and YoungPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)1512202028227328704062020Copyright © 2020, Ushanov S.A., Reshad S.A.2020<p>Article is dedicated to the trade and economic links of USA and China. The authors tried to find out key features and characteristics of these cooperation. At the same time the authors tried to analyze the logic and the reasons of the trade war that has been escalated by USA against China. It needs to underline that the unfair trade practice of China foreign trade and transfer of technologies led to the American Administration protectionism policy.</p>USAChinatrade warexportimportstructure of the foreign tradeСШАКитайторговая войнавнешняя торговляэкспортимпортструктура внешней торговли[Akimov, A.V. (2019). Kitaj v mirovoj jekonomike i mezhdunarodnom biznese [China in the global economy and international business]. Moscow. P. 252. (In Russ.)][Andronova, I.V. (2013). BRIKS – mertvorozhdennyj rebenok ili novyj vektor mezhdunarodnoj politiki: K voprosu ob jeffektivnosti raboty [BRICS – is the dead birth child or the new vector of international policy: To the question of the work effectiveness]. Bulletin of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia. Series: Economics, (5), 43–49. (In Russ.)][Maroń Zając, J., & Szmigiel, K. (2019). USA – China: trade war or manageable conflict. International Business and Management: CFM Conference (p. 9.). Cracow University of Economics.][Konovalova, Yu.A., & Ushanov, S.A. (2019). ES v sisteme torgovyh interesov SShA [EU in the system of trade interests of USA]. RUDN Journal of Economics, 27(2), 386–400. (In Russ.)][Kuchma, N.S. (2019). US – China trade war: Reaction on stock exchanges to the transformation of the foreign policy agenda. RUDN Journal of Economics, 27(3), 415–428.][Toplu Yılmaz Ö. (2020). USA – China Trade Wars: Back to Protectionism in World Trade. International Trade Policies in the Era of Globalization (p. 363).][Portnoy, M.A. (2018). Tarifnaja vojna Donal'da Trampa [Donald Trump War of Tariffs]. SShA i Kanada: Jekonomika, politika, kul'tura, 11(587), 20–31. (In Russ.)][Rastyannikova, E.V. (2019). Strany BRIKS: Trendy jekonomicheskogo rosta dobyvajushhej promyshlennosti v XXI veke [BRICS: Trends in Economic Growth of Extractive Industry in the XXI Century]. Voprosy statistiki, 26(5), 43–52. (In Russ.)][Supjan, V.B. (2018). Jekonomika SShA v XXI veke: Vyzovy i tendencii razvitija [USA economy in XXI century: Challenges and tendencies of development] (p. 424). Moscow: Ves' mir Publ. (In Russ.)][Zimenkov, R.I. (2018). Vneshnjaja torgovlja SShA i mehanizm ee gosudarstvennogo regulirovanija [U.S. foreign trade and the mechanism of its state regulation]. Investicii v Rossii, 10(285), 23–30. (In Russ.)][Zhuravleva, V.Yu. (2018). SShA – Kitaj: bor'ba dvuh strategij i praktik mirovogo liderstva [USA – China: The Struggle of Two Strategies and Practices of World Leadership] (p. 65). Moscow. (In Russ.)]