Trump’s moves to revoke Chinese student visas, curb exports could hurt trade talks

Barely three weeks after Washington and Beijing reached a truce in their trade war, the Trump administration has moved to revoke the visas of Chinese students studying in the US and restrict the export of key technologies for jet engines and semiconductors to China. Assoc Prof Hoo Tiang Boon, of Singapore’s NTU, sees the latest set of US moves as creating additional bargaining chips, which Washington could possibly use in trade negotiations. China could also play “hardball” and pull out of the trade negotiations, he warned. But he believes the Chinese are unlikely to do so, as they might think that it is better to have a communication channel with the US, which they had struggled to establish earlier in 2025. Still, Beijing would likely retaliate in some way, in particular against the technology restrictions, said Prof Hoo. “I expect them to respond with various curbs of their own, in a calibrated way, designed to hurt Trump’s political base,” he said.

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