Donald Trump has said he does not think China will invade Taiwan because of the strength of the US military and his own relationship with Xi Jinping.

D ONALD TRUMP rarely passes up an opportunity to praise Xi Jinping. Over the years, Mr Trump has regularly buttered up China’s leader, calling him “brilliant”, “perfect” and “fierce”, and averring that “there’s nobody in Hollywood like this guy.”

Earlier this month, President Trump threatened to impose an additional 100% tariff on imports from China starting next month.

Ambassador Jamieson Greer warns Beijing’s “economic coercion" won’t derail the Trump administration’s effort to rebuild U.S. manufacturing and secure key supply chains.

In Washington, China hawks say its economy is too weak to withstand a tariff shock. In the city of Yiwu, factories are showing why, for now, that may be a miscalculation.

President Donald Trump brushed off a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan on Monday, making a rare remark about how his administration views the future of the island amid increasing threats from Beijing.

China said it had "lodged serious protests" with the U.S. after the Trump administration restricted visas for Central American nationals who it believes are working to subvert the rule of law on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

China, the world’s biggest importer of soybeans, has stopped buying U.S. crops to put pressure on Trump ahead of his trade-focused meeting with Xi Jinping.