Between the two superpowers China and the United States feel the cooling of relations. The United States, called China one of the worst traders in the world and imposed sanctions on the Chinese Bank for doing business with North Korea.
Between trump and si was extremely cordial relations since their first February meeting in Florida, when the US President has described si as "a wonderful person" whom he had "very good relations". In exchange for the agreement of si to help restrain North Korea, the administration trump eased the pressure in other areas, including in the South China sea. But on June 21, trump tweeted that the Chinese efforts to curb North Korea "did not work", adding that he appreciated that they "tried". It was a clear signal that changes the temperature of cooling Sino-American relations.
On Thursday, the administration trump has announced plans to continue selling weapons to Taiwan, which caused outrage in Beijing, which still considers the island a province of fraudulent and part of mainland China. Arms sales took place on the same day when you were imposed new sanctions on the Chinese Bank Dandong, which the US accused of supporting illegal North Korean financial activities. On Tuesday, a new report by the US government called China one of the most serious criminals in the world in the field of human trafficking.
The decision to increase pressure on China comes as several prominent administration officials, trump warned that further action was needed against North Korean nuclear missile program.