Beijing’s suggestion that they form a united front against Trump as the U.S. allies try to negotiate lower tariffs.

China has been flexing its economic and diplomatic muscles in recent weeks in an attempt to counter President Donald Trump’s trade war, in which Beijing is the biggest target. Let’s take stock of some of the tactics America’s fiercest global competitor is using.

Do tariffs make a country great? President Trump says other nations are ‘ripping off’ the United States all the time. He claims his tariff threats will boost American companies. But history suggests it’s not that