US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on aluminum and steel are motivated mostly by concerns that China is flooding the global market and harming US manufacturing, said a former trade adviser to the White House.

Asian countries are among the most vulnerable to President Trump’s economic grievances. But they are also best placed to make deals to minimize their exposure.

In a drab office in China's industrial heartland, Andy Xiao frets over the future of his shoe materials business, now straining under sweeping tariffs imposed by Donald Trump.

As Donald Trump unleashes round two of his trade wars, an analysis of the way global commerce has rewired since his first presidency shows how Vietnam, Mexico and Canada are exposed this time around as a new era of American protectionism unfolds.