The Trump administration has recently rolled out a series of new export control measures targeting China. While these moves are officially justified on national security grounds, it’s clear that they also serve as a strategic tool to pressure Beijing and gain leverage in ongoing trade negotiations.

At a time when the United States and China are trading accusations of violations of the trade truce, President Donald Trump has criticised Chinese leader Xi Jinping for being ’extremely hard to make a deal with'.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he will no longer be “Mr. NICE GUY” with China on trade, declaring in a social media post that the country had broken an agreement with the United States. Hours later,