It is indeed possible that President Trump’s “Art of the Deal” will be defeated by the rather more subtle “Art of War,” immortalized by the ancient Chinese sage Sun Tzu. Yet the reality is that the Chinese depend more on the current global trade arrangements than the Americans do and stand to lose significantly more in a trade war.
I've been saying this for years, I think it's absolutely true, and yet a good chunk of the people "in the know" don't agree.