Concerns about U.S. trade policy are back in the spotlight after being overshadowed by the government shutdown and other matters.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States must be careful with China although the relationship between the countries is fair.

China’s soybean imports hit a record high for the month of September, even as the country avoids US supplies amid a resurgence in trade tensions between the agriculture powerhouses.'

W HEN HE FIRES his trade weapons at China, President Donald Trump often appears to shoot from the hip. Officials in Beijing, by contrast, are said to deliberate much more, convening high-level meetings among ministries and regulators to determine their country’s next steps.

The president’s bellicose vow of steep new tariffs, followed quickly by a more conciliatory message, pointed to an internal tug of war over his approach.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he expects Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to still meet this month after Trump threatened to back out.

President Donald Trump says China should take a less confrontational approach to his threatened new tariffs, but he's not retreating from his demands

Scott Bessent accused Beijing of wanting “to pull everybody else down with them” after the country’s rare earth mineral announcement.