Michael Wahid Hanna is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation and a non-resident senior fellow at the Reiss Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law.
US President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to take a confrontational approach to China, with tariffs as his weapon of choice. But unless his administration adopts a measured approach, his plans may end up harming American businesses and consumers, undermining US democracy, or even leading to military confrontation.
