Pradipta Chaudhury, currently an Erasmus Visiting Fellow in the Department of Economic History at the London School of Economics, is Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
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.
