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US-China trade war: US swinging to demonisation?

Many in America believe Washington has all the good reasons to take on Beijing, but experts are concerned over how the Trump administration is going about doing it.

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WASHINGTON • The United States' Department of Homeland Security has warned Americans that drones made in China could be stealing their data.

The Trump administration has moved to, in effect, cut off Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei from the US market.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on May 26, 2019, with the headline US-China trade war: US swinging to demonisation?. Subscribe