On September 17, 2019, Mr. Serge Halimi, Director and Mr. Benoit Breville, Editor in Chief of Le Monde Diplomatique visited Shanghai Institutes for International Studies and had a discussion on the ongoing trade war between China and the US. Dr. Zhang Haibing, Assistant President of SIIS chaired the meeting. Dr. Zhang Yinghong, Dr. Long Jing, Dr. Xue Lei, Dr. Li Hongmei and Ms. Huang Wenting joined the discussion.