U.S.-China rivalry

The relationship between the world's two largest economies has shifted from economic engagement (which dominated U.S. policy through the 2010s) to growing rivalry. Tensions include trade disputes, technological competition (especially in semiconductors and artificial intelligence), maritime disputes in the South China Sea, the status of Taiwan (which China claims as its territory), and competition for influence globally. The U.S.-China relationship may be the most consequential geopolitical relationship of the twenty-first century.