Yes, the world wants to take on China, but this is where Trump went wrong

Whatever one thinks of Donald Trump’s trade negotiating strategy -- which has largely relied on tariffs that have hurt US companies and consumers most of all, many of them from parts of the country that are both economically fragile and that supported Trump in the last election -- he’s right about one thing. A global trading system meant to benefit everyone has wound up disproportionately benefiting the People’s Republic of China.

Trump is hardly alone in believing this. The problem is that he behaves as if he is.

Across the world, similar resentments have built up against Beijing’s trade practices. Country after