His style may be less combative than the defeated Donald Trump, but experts say a Joe Biden presidency will tighten Washington’s squeeze on big power rival China over trade, human rights and security. Rancour and recrimination defined the relationship between the world’s two superpowers under four years of Trump, who slapped Chinese goods with tariffs and blamed Beijing for the outbreak of Covid-19. “We’re likely to see a more coherent and probably more confrontational policy on geopolitical issues,” says Dr Evan Resnick, Assistant Professor at RSIS.