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Banker-turned-author says Western politicians are letting down their own companies by their actions. Andrew Moody reports.

Joseph Healy believes the trade war being waged against China by the United States is driven by politics and paranoia rather than any economic imperative.

The 57-year-old banker and author of a new book, Chinese Firms Going Global: Can They Succeed?, insists that US President Donald Trump and some Western politicians are letting down their own companies by their actions.