Since the outbreak of the U.S. trade war on China in 2017, the competition, if not a rivalry, between the two countries has grown and expanded into almost every front. This confrontational relationship was actually predicted years ago by Graham Allison, who is author of the book Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap? Are China and the U.S. destined to collide? Is a confrontation between a rising power and a ruling power truly inevitable?