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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Erin Hale

In first 100 days, Trump takes hawkish stance on China to new heights

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC on April 2, 2025 [Carlos Barria/Reuters]

Taipei, Taiwan – When United States President Donald Trump began his first term in 2017, he set about implementing Washington’s most hawkish economic policy toward China in decades.

In the first 100 days of his second term, Trump has taken Washington’s confrontation with Beijing to greater heights still, laying out a staunchly protectionist trade agenda that has led to a de facto trade embargo between the world’s two largest economies.

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