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Beijing has called it a "politically motivated and discriminatory action", and its foreign ministry has lodged a formal protest.There was a time when China sent the highest number of foreign students to American campuses. But those numbers slipped as the relationship between the two countries soured.
A more powerful and increasingly assertive Beijing is now clashing with Washington for supremacy in just about everything, from trade to tech.Trump's first term had already spelled trouble for Chinese students. He signed an order in 2020 barring Chinese students and researchers with ties to Beijing's military from obtaining US visas.That order remained in place during President Joe Biden's term. Washington never clarified what constitutes "ties" to the military, so many students had their
or were turned away at US borders, sometimes without a proper explanation.One of them, who did not wish to be named, said his visa was cancelled by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) when he landed in Boston in August 2023.
He had been accepted into a post-doctoral program at Harvard University. He was going to study regenerative medicine with a focus on breast cancer, and had done his master's degree from a military-affiliated research institution in China.
He said he was not a member of the Communist Party and his research had nothing to do with the military.The EU - and others, such as Japan and Australia - might now judge it would be more prudent to wait to see what happens to the White House's appeal against the trade court ruling before making any trade concessions to the US to secure a deal.
The response of stock markets around the world to the trade court ruling on Wednesday suggested it would be positive.But it also means greater uncertainty.
say Trump could attempt to reimpose the tariffs under different legal justifications.For instance, Trump could attempt to re-implement the tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which empowers the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to address foreign practices that violate trade agreements or are deemed "discriminatory".