When President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, one of his signature ambitions remained unchanged: confronting China's global economic influence. From tariffs and trade talks to reshoring initiatives and supply chain pressure, the second term opened with renewed efforts to curb Beijing's rise—and reassert American dominance.
Since January, Trump has ramped up economic pressure on China with sweeping import tariffs. His administration has also tightened controls on exports of certain advanced technologies to the Asian nation, added additional Chinese firms to U.S. government restricted lists.
