Is Trump Triggering a Trade War With China ?

Donald Trump has sent some mixed signals on China. One minute they are “raping” America, the next they are his best clients. Even the way he says the word – and he says it a lot – seeds confusion. Sometimes the president-elect spits it out like poison, sometimes he exclaims the word as if greeting a favoured child. Whatever his real attitude, those that study the world’s second-largest economy believe US-China relations are in for a rocky time when Trump reaches the White House – and the global consequences could be dire.