President Trump never intended to resolve the trade war he created with China. Instead, he will leverage his tariffs to blackmail China into following his way.

Why was the Chinese government unwilling to accept Trump’s last minute demands during trade talks? Look to history: 2019 marks the centenary of the anti-imperialist May 4th movement. China can hardly be accepted to surrender to a 21st-century “unequal treaty”—if the US government understood this aspect of Chinese culture better, negotiations would proceed more smoothly.

The trade war has not gone as U.S. policymakers expected—China has not given up easily. This overconfidence came from an inflated view of America’s market boom, which is merely a short-term “sugar high” produced by Republican tax cuts. A more serious misjudgment was underestimating China’s economic strength and national resolve.

Although the latest round of China-US trade talks has ended without agreement, the door to dialogue remains opens. Overall, the level of economic interdependence between the two sides’ makes imposing tariffs a self-defeating tactic — the Sino-US relationship is “too big to fail.”

Regulators cited a review that determined Chinese state ownership of the company posed national security and law enforcement risks.

U.S. trade representative says U.S. to raise tariffs to 25% on $200 billion in Chinese goods.

China says it is preparing to send a delegation to the U.S. for trade talks, following Trump's tariff hike tweets over the weekend.

The trade battles with China hit US goods exporters in 2018. Services exports increased, but at a slower pace than in previous years. Despite these challenges, China continued to be important to US economic growth, supporting more than 1.1 million jobs.

A possible deal would roll back a portion of the $250 billion in U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods.

European countries could lose access to U.S. intelligence if Chinese gear is used in new telecoms networks.