The trade war between the U.S. and China began during Trump’s last term. In 2018, his administration proposed a 25 percent tariff for art and antiquities originating from China. That did not become a reality, but artworks that are made in China are subject to a 7.5 percent tariff today.

The rapid-fire shots of tariffs and import curbs hearken back to Trump’s first term in office, when the U.S. and China engaged in a trade war that spanned most of Trump’s first four years in office and was continued to a certain extent under his successor, Joe Biden.