Us Foreign Policy towards China during Trump Administration

Abstract

The U.S. foreign policy towards China has been a subject of debate, with some scholars and experts arguing that the US should take a more flexible and nuanced approach, while others have pushed for a more aggressive strategy. The US-China relationship was characterized by competition and tensions, with both nations accusing the other of unfair practices and interference. The Trump administration pursued a foreign policy towards China, driven by concerns about trade imbalances, intellectual property theft, human rights abuses, and China's growing military and economic power. This included imposing tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese imports in an effort to reduce the trade deficit, retaliating with tariffs, limiting Chinese investment in certain sectors, restricting exports of sensitive technologies, critical of China's human rights record, and countering China's military and security activities. This research has focused on the internal as well as the external factors which caused the Trump Administration to deal with China in a certain way. The research is designed to give an analysis of Foreign policy of US towards China during trump administration under the umbrella of realism, structural realism and security dilemma. Along with the critical analysis, comparative analysis between the previous administration and the current administration with Trump administration is also provided in this study in order to understand the Trump’s policies, goals and strategies in a better way. The research also aims at highlighting how different both policies are towards each other while dealing with almost the same issues of China and to what extent both Presidents has been successful in curtailing the rise of China. But it won’t be wrong to say that the Trump administration opted for the most aggressive policy towards China.