President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that even more tariffs could be coming as soon as next week: This time China was his target, as Trump threatened to unleash a wave of higher taxes on imports from America’s second-biggest trading partner.
Aggressors in these types of attacks have the advantage over the defenders, and China cannot be talked out of spying. But that does not mean these attacks should just be endured. The new Trump administration can better stymie its adversaries by modernizing technology,
Donald Trump unexpectedly held off tariffs on China on his first day back at the White House and did not single it out as a threat, raising the prospect of a rapprochement as both sides look to gain from each other rather than rain harm on an adversary.
Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, said in an interview that “we’ve just stuck with our theory, which is managed competition.” Trump and Xi Jinping might have other plans.
On his first full day as secretary of state, Marco Rubio is meeting with his counterparts from a group of countries known as the Quad: the United States plus India, Japan and Australia, representing n
ASPI Senior Fellow Mark Watson says he thinks the United States and China will “work out their own dynamic”. “China hates AUKUS, it hates the concept of AUKUS, it’s not happy with the Quad, it sees all these things as about containing China,
China and the United States should seek more common ground and avoid strategic misjudgment, the state-run People's Daily said on Sunday, in an apparent call to the coming Trump administration to deepen engagement.
In a bold move, President Trump has announced potential 100% tariffs on BRICS nations and a 10% tariff on Chinese goods, raising fears of a trade war. His administration's focus is on curbing illegal drug imports and challenging global trade dynamics,
Han Zheng, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s envoy at Trump’s Inauguration, discussed fentanyl, trade, and technology with Vance and Musk.
China's claims in the South China Sea overlap with those of the Philippines, which is a U.S. security treaty ally.
Elizabeth Economy is Co-Director of the US, China, and the World Project and Hargrove Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. From 2021 to 2023, she was Senior Adviser for China at the U.S. Department of Commerce. She is the author of The World According to China.