Why does President Trump consider the u. S. Saudi relationship so important. Also, the new cold war with china. How did washingtons relationship with beijing get so bad. And what does the big chill mean for china, for america and the world . Weve been talking a lot in recent days about the supreme court, midterm elections, immigration policy. But the Trump Administrations most significant decisions will be about u. S. Policy toward china the big question is whether they will be marked by cooperation or conflict. The last time there was such a question, when britain confronted a rising germany 150 years ago, things did not work out so well. Since the end of the cold war, weve been living in an era of almost no genuine great power competition, which has led to emergence of the dynamic Global Economy and a huge expansion of international travel, trade, culture and contact. And all this happened under americas uncontested supremacy, military, political, economic and cultural. Well, that ag