QUARTERLY FORECASTS
2018 Second-Quarter Forecast
Mar 11, 2018 | 22:11 GMT
![The White House will bump up against the laws of the United States and the central tenets of the World Trade Organization as it launches a global trade offensive in the name of national security.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/2x1_full/public/Display-Forecast-Feb2018%20v2.jpg?itok=1wG5Ezd0)
As economic and political pressure mounts against China this quarter, North Korea will use a temporary detente with the South to undermine the United States' containment strategy against it.
(GOH CHAI HIN/MLADEN ANTONOV/SAUL LOEB/JOE RAEDLE/TOM MIHALEK/FENG LI/TAB1962/DONVICTORIO/KEVIND/STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Overview
All eyes will be fixed on the White House this quarter as it launches a trade offensive whose collateral damage will span the globe. As economic and political pressure mounts against China, North Korea will use a temporary detente with the South to undermine the United States' containment strategy against it. ...
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