I struggle to understand why some people paint President Trump as the villain in this tariff war. Let’s not forget that China has long banned or restricted many U.S. products and services. Trump’s tariffs are a response to China’s unfair trade practices, which have persisted for over a decade. Beyond tariffs, China blocks major U.S. companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google from operating in its market. In my view, China hasn’t been playing fair. They restrict foreign goods and services in their country while expecting open access for their own products abroad. That’s hardly equitable.
The economic war continues between the US and China as both countries take steps to impose tariffs on each other’s products. I am not part of either country but believe me every Trump decision is accompanied by controversy that is often protested by its own citizens. Trump is trying to save his country's economy in the way they are using and maybe people see his decision as a little bit riskier, even though China itself is making a policy of banning some US products and companies.
I think both countries are playing an economic war so that the survivor will be the strongest. But China is more elegant in the policies they make and they are not as brutal as the US which eventually gets criticized by some of its own citizens.