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Secretary Marco Rubio attends a meeting with U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban, the Russian president's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 18, 2025. Credit: U.S. Department of State via Flickr
The first month of Donald Trump’s second presidency has brought a bewildering number of new initiatives in both foreign and domestic policy. Yet measures related to China, the U.S.’s main strategic rival, have been relatively thin.
A fact sheet on ‘promoting foreign investment while protecting America’s national security interests’, released February 21, 2025. Credit: The White House
To be sure, Trump has already raised tariffs on Chinese imports by 10 percent and charged Secreta
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