The US-China trade war is entering a worrying new phase: a legal arms race

US President Donald Trump’s landmark visit to China comes as the Iran-war" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="107864" data-entity-type="event">US-Iran war disrupts global energy supplies, fuels economic uncertainty and adds fresh strain to Washington-Beijing ties. In the latest instalment of a series examining how rivalry, interdependence and geopolitical crises are reshaping the relationship between the two powers, we explore the intensifying US-China legal arms race.For years, global businesses have been struggling to navigate rising trade tensions between the United States and China. Now, they are bracing for a daunting new level of complication: an intensifying legal arms race between the two powers.Both Washington and Beijing have been racing to erect rival – and often conflicting – legal and regulatory regimes in recent months, as they seek to gain strategic leverage in their ongoing stand-off over a host of trade, technology and security issues.