President Donald Trump has adopted a hardline approach to China policy in the first three months of his second term, diverging from his predecessor’s and even his own first-term policies.
Trump’s first term marked a significant shift from the decades-long U.S.–China policy, which had sought economic cooperation with Beijing in the hope of creating conditions for political reforms in the communist country.
Recognizing the futility of this approach, Trump’s first administration took a tougher stance on China, imposing tariffs on Chinese goods to level the playing field and implementing export controls to maintain America’s lead in advanced technology. The Biden administration took a similar approach and increased these measures for selected sectors and products....
