"Seems that, what the Americans are doing, is that they cannot stand it, the rise of China.
So they turn aggressive, always probing for a weakness. Trying to provoke China into a mistake."
They have already tried many things: TPP, the trade war, the Covid origin and Xinjiang cotton accusations, etc None of them worked. Now, it is the "Quad summit", "IPEF"... They will wither too.
https://asiatimes.com/2022/05/bidens-ipef-woefully-more-form-than-substance/