A series of swipes at American companies show how China could take the initiative in a new trade war, using its economic dominance to exact pain.

A recent article in The New York Times accused China of waging so-called supply chain warfare by sanctioning the American drone company Skydio. The article also mentioned a Global Times editorial titled "US company sanctioned by China 'cries out in pain,

China's state media warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump his pledge to slap additional tariffs on Chinese goods over fentanyl flows could drag the world's top two economies into a mutually destructive tariff war.

Chinese state media has cautioned that President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to impose additional tariffs on Chinese goods risks igniting a devastating tariff war between the world’s two largest economies.