Winning a trade war is not so easy, Mr President

By using tariffs to force US companies to import less and targeting Chinese investment in high-tech industries in the United States, US President Donald Trump is implementing a simple plan to blunt the competition from China and help create jobs in the US.

But it is a strategy that is disrupting the supply chains that are the foundation of the global economy, which include those of the US.

By targeting the supply chains of the US' high-tech manufacturers and restricting Chinese investments in US high-tech, the Trump administration aims to disrupt Beijing's own plan to move China's manufacturing up the value chain, and create jobs in the US that it hopes will translate into votes.