everyone involved. Then, why are the world’s two largest economies (i.e. the USA and China) currently engaged in a trade war …? The purpose of this paper is to offer an explanation of the underlying cause of the US–China trade war. Design …/methodology/approach - In an effort to make sense of the trade war between the USA and China, the paper draws the insights from the two …

). Since Beijing launched the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, 3/4 of countries in the world have engaged with China …'s arrangement of promoting global physical and digital connectivity. This still leaves a quarter of them that have refused China … rivalry have spoiled the appetite of European countries to intensify their ties with China, many developing countries seem to …