The move by Japan, a U.S. defense treaty ally, and Taiwan, a U.S. security partner and major purchaser of American weapons, is likely to rile China, which strongly opposes official exchanges between other countries and Taiwan, viewing the island as its territory.

China's been steadily upgrading its submarine fleet and weapons to detect those of the US should the two nations go to war.

A former Trump advisor expects the US to forge a valuable rare earths partnership with Australia ahead of the US President's meeting with Anthony Albanese next week, as China ramps up its efforts to control global supply chains.

Trade tensions between the US and China have flared up again. TD Epoch's Kevin Hebner explains why this ongoing dispute isn’t just about trade, but a strategic contest.

Top Trump administration officials, in an unusual staged attack, called China's plans to curb exports of rare earths "economic coercion".

The world’s two largest economies are once again locked in a familiar dance of brinkmanship. On October 9, China expanded its export controls on rare earth minerals, which are crucial

Mr. Trump’s initial fury softened over the weekend, after his response led to the sharpest decline in stocks since April, when the president’s initial barrage of tariffs was announced. Still, his threat to slap an additional 100 percent tariff on Chinese imports was left dangling.

In an interview with Fox News, Bessent characterised the Chinese export controls as “China versus the world” and expressed confidence that US partners would extend their backing behind Washington’s efforts.

China bought about $38 billion worth of sophisticated chimaking equipment from the U.S. and its allies last year due to gaps in efforts to curb manufacturing, a bipartisan report by U.S. lawmakers has found.