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Survey experiments explore how economic cooperation shapes public perceptions and bilateral relations between China and the USA, suggesting implications for international relations.
Economic cooperation is often seen as promoting peace, yet many arrangements include some states while excluding others. Does inclusion or exclusion shape public perceptions of the including or excluding country and expectations about bilateral relations? We expect exclusion (inclusion) to produce more negative (positive) views of the excluding (including) country and of relations with it. Views always turn negative when cooperation yields military gains for the other side. We test these expectations using survey experiments with quota-based samples in China and the USA. Results support the main effect of exclusion, but evidence for the other expectations is mixed.
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