Michael Hirson

2 weeks ago | chinafile.com | Wendy Cutler |Michael Hirson |Lizzi C. Lee |Isabel Hilton

When it comes to China, there are several different factions pushing the Trump Administration in different directions: MAGA nationalists who favor economic, cultural, and possibly military warfare against China; more old-fashioned Republicans who simply distrust the Chinese Communist Party; and the tech elite, especially Trump advisor Elon Musk, who has huge investments in China and doesn’t seem to want cross-Pacific tensions.

1 month ago | foreignaffairs.com | Elliott Abrams |Brendan Kelly |Michael Hirson |Jared Dunnmon

In his first few weeks back in the Oval Office, U.S. President Donald Trump has taken a split-screen approach to his dealings with China, leaving U.S. financial markets, multinational firms, and Chinese leaders in limbo. Trump has already imposed a ten percent tariff hike on imports from China and threatened another increase.