Keep up with the latest news on Asia's biggest economy.Explore the China Focus hubInside the chaos of Donald Trump’s trade warsOfficials describe a White House in disarray with fierce infighting, no process for decisions and a president without a strategyMultilateralism without American leadershipThe other G7 nations must do what they can to preserve co-operationHow Donald Trump is empowering ChinaIn uniting America’s allies against it, the president has done the unthinkableDonald Trump’s trade policy violates every rule of strategyFrom tweet to tweet, official to official, nobody can tell what his priorities areDonald Trump picks the wrong trade fightAmerica should focus on digital innovation rather than squabble over peanut butterIngram Pinn’s illustration of the week: Building the wallTrump targets G7 alliesMore from this SeriesThe EU must respond to Trump’s trade offensiveProportionate retaliation is the right response to a schoolyard bullyThe US is wrong to obsess about its trade deficit with JapanCreating more jobs should take precedence over simply making the numbers look betterWilbur Ross, a global financier turns protectionistThe US commerce secretary trumpeting tariffs on allies is a converted globalistPodcast: Allies hit back on US steel and aluminium tariffsChina’s democratic deficit works against the renminbi’s powerLetter from Bachu Biswas, New York, NY, USDollar stands tall against dwarfish rivalsLetter from Desmond Lachman, Washington DC, USTrump’s trade wars will not be easy to winFrom Istvan Dobozi, Gaithersburg, MD, US
Inside the chaos of Donald Trump’s trade warsOfficials describe a White House in disarray with fierce infighting, no process for decisions and a president without a strategyMultilateralism without American leadershipThe other G7 nations must do what they can to preserve co-operationHow Donald Trump is empowering ChinaIn uniting America’s allies against it, the president has done the unthinkableDonald Trump’s trade policy violates every rule of strategyFrom tweet to tweet, official to official, nobody can tell what his priorities areDonald Trump picks the wrong trade fightAmerica should focus on digital innovation rather than squabble over peanut butterIngram Pinn’s illustration of the week: Building the wallTrump targets G7 alliesMore from this SeriesThe EU must respond to Trump’s trade offensiveProportionate retaliation is the right response to a schoolyard bullyThe US is wrong to obsess about its trade deficit with JapanCreating more jobs should take precedence over simply making the numbers look betterWilbur Ross, a global financier turns protectionistThe US commerce secretary trumpeting tariffs on allies is a converted globalistPodcast: Allies hit back on US steel and aluminium tariffsChina’s democratic deficit works against the renminbi’s powerLetter from Bachu Biswas, New York, NY, USDollar stands tall against dwarfish rivalsLetter from Desmond Lachman, Washington DC, USTrump’s trade wars will not be easy to winFrom Istvan Dobozi, Gaithersburg, MD, US