Chongqing - Over the past 40 years, China's rapid economic rise has amazed economists around the world. However, as China's economy approaches the size of the U.S., Washington has launched the largest “strategic competition” since the Cold War. 

Against this backdrop, Bridging News conducted an exclusive interview with John Ross, former Director of Economic and Business Policy for the Mayor of London. He offers an in-depth analysis: How has "American-style containment" become a drag on global production and development? And after the tariff wars, will the next crisis take the form of actual war?