China–United States trade war

An economic conflict between China and the United States has been ongoing since January 2018, when U.S. president Donald Trump began adding tariffs and other trade barriers on China with the goal of forcing it to make changes to what the U.S. says are "unfair trade practices" and intellectual property theft. 

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The first Trump administration said that these practices may add to the U.S.–China trade deficit, and that the Chinese government needed transfer of American technology to China."Findings of the Investigation into China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation Under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974", Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, March 22, 2018 In response to US trade measures, the Chinese government accused the Trump administration of supporting nationalist protectionism. After the trade war escalated through 2019, in January 2020 the two sides reached an agreement. By the end of Trump's first presidency, the trade war was widely seen as a failure for the United States.Multiple sources:











The Joe Biden administration kept the tariffs in place, but made adjustments on Chinese goods such as electric vehicles and solar panels. 

In 2024, the Trump presidential campaign proposed a 60 percent tariff on Chinese goods. On 1 February 2025, President Trump increased tariffs on China by 10 percent with China responding to retaliatory tariffs.

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