A new warning from the White House landed with real force on Sunday. US President Donald Trump is weighing a 50 per cent tariff on Chinese goods, linking trade policy directly to a growing security crisis involving Iran.
The threat follows reports of a covert plan to move weapons or air defence systems from China to Iran, a development that has raised concern in Washington. What began as a regional conflict is now edging towards something far bigger, with the risk of drawing the world's two largest economies into a deeper standoff.
