State offers its take on U.S.-China relations under Trump

State offers its take on U.S.-China relations under Trump

The State Department under new Secretary of State Marco Rubio has retooled its official line on U.S. relations with China. In a fact sheet published on Thursday, State declares that strategic competition “is the frame through which the United States views its relationship with China, in response to the direct challenges that China presents to U.S. interests.” That language tracks with the Biden administration’s stance, largely. Things change a b…