Faced with these challenges, the US gave unqualified support to a conservative faction of the Saudi monarchy, supplying arms, training the ... the world’s oil exports go to East Asia, mostly to China.

The European Union and China will continue to engage on export control policies, the European Commission's trade chief said on Saturday, a day after EU and Chinese officials met in Brussels.

There is no question, Trump has turned world trade upside down. While he is not getting everything he wants, no one in the world is either willing or able to call his bluffs or stop him in his tracks.