There's already a trade war, and it's being waged by Beijing.
China's ascension to the World Trade Organization nearly 20 years ago has failed in its large-scale strategic objectives. It hasn't created a liberalizing regime or a free-market economy in China; in fact, it hasn't even created a China ready and willing to abide by the norms of free trade.
The regime of Xi Jinping, who increasingly looks like president for life, hasn't been pushed toward democratic reforms by a rising middle class. He has centralized power and written “Xi Jinping thought,” challenging Western liberalism, into the constitution.
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