List all the ways Donald Trump has changed the world, and a more confrontational US approach to China ranks high. Whether you’re a mere mortal confronting the cost of tariffs on your new Chinese-made microwave or a billionaire chief executive officer leaning on a freshly hired “geoeconomics” consultant and pondering the return — or decline — of American power, the US’s Trump-induced China turn has impacted your life.
In the decade since he launched his run for the presidency with a populist attack on trade with China, Trump has brought the world not just tweetable trade wars but an entire ...