Montana Republican’s trip coincides with intensifying tech war that has become a core front in the US-China strategic rivalry
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenOrange WangPublished: 7:54pm, 1 Sep 2026US Senator Steve Daines, a close ally of President Donald Trump, has wrapped up a days-long trip to China, weeks ahead of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s planned visit to Washington.According to a Chinese local government and multiple corporate accounts, the Montana Republican travelled from Wednesday to Saturday to China’s tech hub Hangzhou and the southern city of Guangzhou.
Those reports showed that the Trump envoy visited a top Chinese university and several technology firms.
