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President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, in 2019.

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Trump creates a power vacuum in the world.

During his first week in office, Donald Trump took steps to withdraw the US from two major international commitments: the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization.

Trump’s reasoning on both was, broadly speaking, the same: Like many American conservatives, he sees international obligations as needless constraints on US power and sovereignty. But that may create opportunities for other global powers, not least China.

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