Ryuji Takaki, a physicist, was President of Katachi no kagaku kai (Society for Science on Form) and Editor-in-chief of the journal Forma (http://www.scipress.org/journals/forma/index.html ).
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.
