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May 6, 2019
China nuclear triad expansion threatens US trade deal
By Chriss Street
President Trump threatened to kill the trade deal and slap new tariffs on $325 billion on Chinese imports after the U.S. Department of Defense warned of rapid expansion of China's nuclear triad.

With most analysts expecting that the Trump administration and Chinese leaders would soon sign a ceremonial end to a ten-month trade war, the Pentagon published its 2019 "Annual Report on Military and Security Developments by the People's Republic of China." The MSD details aggressive efforts by the Chinese navy to establish full-time presence in the Indian Ocean basin and Arctic Ocean, pursue hypersonic anti-ship missiles, efforts to achieve 5G world communications dominance, and the possible military dimensions of the Belt and Road Initiative, according to Geopolitical Futures. MORE...........