Since Trump’s first term, they have been adapting their approach to the United States, and they have spent the past three months further developing their strategy to anticipate, counter, and minimize the damage of Trump’s volatile policymaking.

The first weeks of Donald Trump’s second term have been marked by a sense of optimism about the president’s ability to get a deal with China. And frankly, I understand where it’s coming from.From Colombia’s overnight capitulation on deportation flights and Panama’s canal cave-in to Canada and Mexico’s (admittedly token) border concessions,