When the Trump administration unveiled its new national security strategy (NSS) late Thursday, many experts noticed one major shift: how it talks – or more importantly, doesn’t talk – about China.

U.S. President Donald Trump can maintain both a "good working relationship" with China and a "very strong alliance" with Japan even as tensions have risen between those two countries, the White House said on Thursday.

President Trump's new national security strategy tempers U.S. support for longstanding allies and recasts U.S. global interests in business terms.

Just a year ago, Chinese manufacturers, fearing a new trade war, rushed to push out exports following the election victory of President Donald Trump, who had pledged to slap punishing tariffs on imports from China over America’s widening trade deficit with the country.

Canada’s relationship with China frosted over in 2018, when Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, an executive of Huawei, a Chinese telecoms firm, on behalf of America. In apparent retaliation, China detained two Canadians,

Experts say that Russian and Chinese support for Venezuela has largely dried up, with no prospect of real military or financial aid.

The initiative underscores the degree to which the Trump administration considers China’s near monopoly in rare earths – minerals that are critical to civilian and military applications – and dominance of other parts of the global supply chain, as a significant threat.

President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion farm aid package to support U.S. farmers amid ongoing trade negotiations with China and tariff concerns.