The trade truce between Washington and Beijing may be holding for now, but China is increasingly wary about what’s happening elsewhere: US efforts to forge deals that could isolate Chinese firms from global supply chains.

Vietnam's trade deal with the US averts the most punishing of Donald Trump's “reciprocal” levies but has provoked new friction between

Under the trade agreement between the US and Vietnam, the US will impose a 20 percent tariff on Vietnamese exports to the US, and a 40 percent tariff on goods transshipped through Vietnam. The ministry said that China has noted the trade deal and is conducting an assessment.

Two Chinese nationals have been charged with spying inside the United States on behalf of Beijing, including by taking photographs of a naval base, coordinating a cash dead-drop and by participating in efforts to recruit members of the military who they thought might be open to working for Chinese intelligence.

FBI arrests two Chinese nationals charged with gathering intelligence on U.S. Navy members, facilitating cash payments, and recruiting assets for China's intelligence service