The United States is intensifying strategic pressure on China across various fronts, actions that aim to bolster President Trump's position ahead of talks with President Xi Jinping. Analysts suggest Beijing may remain unperturbed due to its established diversification away from the American market.

The United States is stepping up pressure on China across multiple strategic fronts, in moves analysts say could strengthen US President Donald Trump’s hand ahead of his planned high-stakes mid-May meeting with President Xi Jinping. But they cautioned that Beijing was likely to remain unfazed because it had already adapted to earlier curbs by reducing its reliance on the American market. US lawmakers in the House Foreign Affairs Committee have advanced 20 new export control measures this month.....