The Trump administration's tariff war with China is most often seen through the lens of the economy. But to many economists, the bigger threat is that Trump's global trade gambit will erode the United States’ main source of global authority: the long-term geopolitical relationships it has cultivated over nearly a century.

Beijing responds tit-for-tat in the spiralling trade war initiated by Donald Trump. In response to the excessive tariffs, numerous restrictions, and additional fees, China has halted imports of LNG from the USA.