Column: How Trump’s trade war risks a military conflict

Column: How Trump’s trade war risks a military conflict

The U.S. and China reached an initial trade agreement that will, in theory, halt the countries’ slide toward a full-blown trade war. Yet the dynamics that fueled President Donald Trump’s attempt to single-handedly decouple the world’s two largest economies persist. Absent more vigorous efforts to limit misunderstandings and miscalculations between Washington and Beijing, the two countries could easily re-enter the escalatory spiral they’re tryin…