Will he or won’t he? Since the very start of President Biden The indicators are mixed. During its tenure, the Trump administration made the idea of “great power competition” with the PRC a central tenet of its foreign policy, codifying it in multiple national level documents and strategic directives. President Biden, in turn, has declared publicly that the United States needs to pursue “long-term strategic competition” with China. But lingering worries remain that the White House, faced with competing strategic priorities, will back away from such a commitment in order to secure Beijing’s cooperation on issues such as climate change or a new nuclear deal with Iran.