Year of the Pig reflections: Predicting the US and China trade war

At the beginning of every Chinese New Year, AsianInvestor makes 10 predictions about the economic, political and financial developments that are likely to have an impact on the way institutional investors allocated their portfolios. 

Our penultimate Year of the Pig reflection asked whether the intensifying trade war between the US and China would intensify or the two would reach some form of agreement and de-escalate.