If you want to know the endgame in this China trade war, it is probably this: redirect supply chains to favor American manufacturers; pressure the Communist Party to open its mega domestic market to Americans with no strings (already happening pre-tariffs); and challenge Chinese dominance in Asia, a dominance many in Washington feel was ill-gotten, partly on the backs of intellectual property theft.
China is an export-driven economy. It owes its wealth to that. The Trump Administration is going after China’s jugular. And China is feeling it. Read more here.![](https://www.wita.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/forbes_1200x1200-e1533067762405-1140x450.jpg)
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Trade War Update: U.S. Goes For China’s Jugular
07/31/2018
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