The Trump administration took aim at China with a series of moves involving investment, trade and other issues that raises the risk ties may soon worsen between the US and its top economic rival.
In recent days, President Donald Trump has rolled out a memorandum telling a key government committee to curb Chinese spending on tech, energy and other strategic American sectors. At the same time, the administration called on Mexican officials to place their own levies on Chinese imports - a move that comes after Chinese firms moved production to the US neighbor to get around duties the Republican enacted in his first term.