This weekend cover is about the severe tariff war with which Donald Trump seeks to weaken China – and achieves exactly the opposite. The US president fails to recognize that his countrymen chronically consume more than they produce. China is satisfying their cravings – with a $760 billion bargaining chip at its disposal. The cover story was written by a team from Brussels, China, the US, and Düsseldorf, led by Beijing correspondent Sabine Gusbeth. The cover was designed by Samson Goetze, his fifth in the collection.