In February Mr Trump halted graft investigations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, blaming the law for erecting “excessive barriers to American commerce”. Though Mr Trump loves economic coercion, his special envoy, Ric Grenell, has claimed that his boss frets that “sanctions penalise American companies”.

President Trump said at a rally in Pennsylvania on Friday that he is going to double tariffs on steel imports from 25% to 50%. The hike, the president said, "will even further secure the steel industry in the United States.

Laura Loomer has called for the deportation of Xi Jinpings daughter, Xi Mingze, amid escalating US scrutiny of Chinese nationals in academia.

As tensions rise between the US and China over student visas, the spotlight has turned to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s daughter, Xi Mingze, a Harvard student who reportedly lives in Massachusetts under heavy security.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are holding a press conference Friday as Musk is set to depart the admin and leave his role as a "special government employee."

Trump administration officials are getting a second chance to try to sever ties with China by starting a trade war, imposing export controls and revoking student visas.

If Trump were to pull this off, he, too, would change the course of history—isolating China, guaranteeing European security, and solidifying American global primacy. But the plan—known as a “reverse Nixon” in foreign-policy circles—could easily backfire.

Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang discusses China's new economic policy tools on 'Varney & Co.'

President Trump’s recent actions and statements suggest he might want an arrangement where the United States, China and Russia each dominate their sphere of influence.

Just weeks after US President Donald Trump declared a “total reset” with China following a trade truce in Geneva, tensions are rising again between the world’s biggest economies.