This piece by Enrique Dans explores the complex and volatile trade relationship between the United States and China under the Trump administration, particularly focusing on the use of tariffs as a tool of economic pressure.

It examines the sudden implementation of high tariffs, the reciprocal reactions from Beijing, and the economic instability that resulted.

The article also highlights the strategic significance of Huawei within this conflict, explaining why restrictions on the technology company are seen as a critical move impacting not just the company itself, but the broader global technology infrastructure and potentially leading to technological decoupling between the two nations.

This article is also available in English on my Medium page, «What Trump’s latest beef with Huawei reveals about the failed logic of tariffs«