China has put civilian government officials in Beijing on “wartime footing” and ordered a diplomatic charm offensive aimed at encouraging other countries to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs,

In his quiet moments at night, China’s President Xi Jinping probably can’t believe his luck as President Donald Trump lights fire to the U.S. economy and topples its standing in the world. Look, no one in Asia’s biggest economy is enjoying Trump’s one-man tariff arms race.

The US tariffs are aimed at boosting national security, but Trump is alienating allies he would need in any military conflict with China.