Initially, Trump’s election victory showed potential for improved US-China relations, with his hopes of a collaboration for world peace. However, tensions escalated quickly, particularly after Trump's imposition of new tariffs on China that triggered a stern warning from its Foreign Ministry. Their declaration foreshadows a potential conflict, highlighting the precarious balance between Trump’s aspirations for peace and the realities of trade war. Understanding this complex dynamic is critical for grasping not only Trump's approach to China but his broader foreign policy strategy and its implications for global order.
Under Biden, the two most powerful countries in the world had seemed headed for certain conflict, and Trump's campaign bluster promised even worse tensions.
China was discreetly sending out feelers about what it could offer to bring off such a deal.
Trump's antipathy toward the global order... is both the reason he can offer such a deal and a source of deep disquiet in Beijing.
Earlier on March 4, alongside 25 percent tariffs on México and Canada that were soon suspended, Trump unceremoniously imposed on China his second across-the-board 10 percent tariff increase.
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