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Title The China Diplomacy and Security Policy of the Second Trump Administration Hit 611
Publication 2025-02-20

Institute for Future Strategy Issue Brief, February Vol. 29
“The Second Trump Administration’s Foreign and Security Policy Toward China”

This issue brief analyses the shifts in the Trump administration’s foreign and security policy orientation, examines the direction of its China policy, and discusses the resulting changes in the global and Korean Peninsula security environment, along with potential response strategies. President Trump is expected to maintain a transactional foreign policy stance while prioritising strengthened containment of China. By appointing anti-China figures to key positions in the White House, Department of Defense, and Department of State, the administration is likely to accelerate strategic competition with China through hardline trade and security policies, combined with increased economic and military pressure.

In particular, the administration is likely to pursue a multifaceted strategy to counter China, including:

  1. Reinforcing tariff policies against China,

  2. Securing strategic footholds such as the Panama Canal and Greenland, and

  3. Strengthening regional alliances through the Indo-Pacific Strategy.

The brief further analyses the potential implications of these trade and security policy shifts for the Korean Peninsula and presents strategic directions for Korea’s diplomatic and security response.

Keywords
Trump administration, China trade and security policy, strategic competition, global security, diplomatic and security strategy

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