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The United States Administration and China are linked through a complex bilateral relationship defined by trade disputes, including the imposition of tariffs [1], [2], and strategic competition [3], [4]. Furthermore, the U.S. administration actively shapes policy toward China based on concerns regarding military modernization [5], [6] and China's status as a revisionist power [7], [8], [9].
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Strategic Rivalry between United States and China swp-berlin.org 9 facts
perspectiveThe US Administration and Congress view China as a 'revisionist power' that seeks to challenge the dominance of the United States and undermine the rules-based international order.
accountA group of China experts, including individuals who worked in earlier United States Administrations, sent an open letter to the President and Congress expressing discomfort with the current trend in United States policy toward China.
accountSince the 2002 National Security Strategy, US Administrations have explicitly raised concerns regarding the modernization of the Chinese armed forces.
claimThe US Administration and Congress generally view China as a 'revisionist power' that aims to challenge US dominance and undermine the rules-based international order.
perspectiveThe United States Administration and Congress view China as a 'revisionist power' that seeks to challenge the dominance of the United States and undermine the rules-based international order.
claimSince the 2002 National Security Strategy, United States Administrations have explicitly raised concerns regarding the modernization of the Chinese armed forces.
perspectiveThe United States administration believes that protecting the national interest requires that America’s strategic industries possess supply chains that are independent of China.
claimBoth political parties in the United States Congress generally support and seek to intensify the United States Administration's hard-line policy toward China rather than moderating it.
claimA group of China experts, including individuals who worked on China policy in earlier US Administrations, signed an open letter to the President and Congress advising against treating China as an economic enemy or an existential national security threat.
What is Trump's 'America First' trade policy agenda? | Brookings brookings.edu 6 facts
accountThe U.S. administration imposed escalating tariffs on China early in 2025 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) authority, citing fentanyl-related concerns.
claimThe U.S. administration's memorandum frames China primarily as a commercial rival whose policies and practices have created an unbalanced bilateral trade relationship, which the U.S. views as an economic, strategic, and diplomatic disadvantage.
accountFollowing the imposition of tariffs in early 2025, the U.S. administration adjusted the tariffs downward through a series of bilateral negotiations, which were accompanied by retaliatory countermeasures from China.
claimThe U.S. administration identifies China's state-directed subsidies, intellectual property theft, and related practices as the primary sources of persistent trade imbalance and the erosion of U.S. industrial capacity.
perspectiveThe U.S. administration's policy toward China is not organized around reducing economic exposure through disengagement, but rather leans toward continued economic engagement as a source of leverage to be shaped and bargained over.
claimThe U.S. administration's memorandum on China operationalizes its framing of China as a commercial rival by initiating directed reviews of the U.S.–China trade relationship, which are linked to potential tariff adjustments and heightened enforcement, including measures to address circumvention through third countries.