Donald Trump
唐纳德·特朗普
1946–present
- President of the United States (2017–2021)
- President of the United States (2025–present)
Biography
From Businessman to President
Donald Trump was born in 1946 in New York City and built his career as a real estate developer. Running as a political outsider on an "America First" platform, he won the 2016 presidential election and was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States in January 2017. In trade and foreign policy, his administration pursued a unilateral and protectionist course, prioritising the US-China trade deficit and alleged intellectual property violations as pressure points. In 2018, he signed executive orders under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 imposing large-scale tariffs on Chinese goods, triggering the US-China trade war.
China Policy
The Trump administration designated China as a strategic competitor, applying pressure across trade, technology, and geopolitical dimensions. In addition to tariffs, export controls restricted key technology supplies to Chinese companies such as Huawei; harder stances were taken on Taiwan, the South China Sea, and Xinjiang. The Phase One trade agreement was signed in January 2020 but left core structural disputes unresolved. Trump lost the 2020 election but was re-elected in 2024, returning to office in January 2025 and continuing his tough China posture.