"On Asia, the strategy looks more consistent with previous policies, and includes familiar tropes emphasizing the importance of a "free and open" Indo-Pacific and working with a "network of alliances" to contain and manage China. But the 2025 NSS does reveal a shift in how President Donald Trump's second administration sees the US-China rivalry, framing the "ultimate stakes" for the future of Asia as centered on business deals, securing trade routes and "maintaining economic preeminence.""
"Even as Trump's chaotic tariff policy has rattled US partners in Asia, the new security document argues that economic stability, with the US in the lead, is the best basis for deterring China in the Indo-Pacific. "We will rebalance America's economic relationship with China, prioritizing reciprocity and fairness to restore American economic independence Our ultimate goal is to lay the foundation for long-term economic vitality," it says."
The 2025 National Security Strategy reorients US foreign policy by emphasizing economic preeminence and transactional relationships. The strategy frames US-China competition primarily in economic terms, arguing that business deals, secured trade routes and American-led economic stability constitute the ultimate stakes for Asia's future. The document pledges to rebalance the economic relationship with China toward reciprocity and fairness to restore American economic independence and long-term vitality. The strategy proposes leveraging US business, technology and military power to align allies and adversaries with US interests. The document minimizes earlier language portraying China as a systemic ideological rival and de-emphasizes promoting democracy.
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