Since Trump’s first term, they have been adapting their approach to the United States, and they have spent the past three months further developing their strategy to anticipate, counter, and minimize the damage of Trump’s volatile policymaking.

China's new trade dispute with the U.S. could test Washington's commitment to the World Trade Organization, which has so far escaped the scrutiny of President Donald Trump, a critic of multilateral institutions,

Beijing announced tariffs on Tuesday on some American imports including crude oil, agricultural machinery and liquefied natural gas, in retaliation for the Trump administration’s imposition of 10% tariffs on Chinese imports into the United States.