Bonnie Girard
For many critics of the Chinese Communist Party around the world, the Trump administration of 2016 to 2021 provided a welcome package of strong new policies in its reset of the China-U.S. relationship along the lines of an “America First” agenda.
Although Donald Trump has recently been making fleeting remarks that suggest he is open to finding a deal with China if he becomes president of the United States again, those statements should be taken as an opening gambit only. From the beginning of Trump’s administration in January 2017 to the very last day of it in January 2021, Trump pulled no punches in dealing blows to China on a comprehensive list of agenda items.
Trump tackled China on the toughest of issues, not just the tariffs which are the best-known policies of his China package. Trump went after China on genocide in Xinjiang and the National Security Law in Hong Kong effectively censoring free speech in the former British colony, enacted after massive protests against Beijing. His administration also blocked certain Chinese telecommunications companies from doing business in the United States.
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