Secretary of State Marco Rubio mapped out US strategy for managing Russia’s close relationship with China, saying Washington wants to dilute ties without sowing division between the nuclear-armed neighbors.

US President Donald Trump is looking to forge more deals to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “I think there’s more big deals like that coming under President Trump,

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday condemned Thailand's return of at least 40 Uyghurs to China, where Washington says members of the Muslim group have faced genocide.

The U.S. could further tighten chip export controls, escalating the U.S.-China tech war, Jefferies analysts said in a research note. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick,

Chinese foreign ministry also objects to Rubio’s revival of the Covid-17 lab leak origin theory Beijing has protested to Washington over US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ’s “cold war” attacks on mainland China,

But top American diplomat Marco Rubio suggests Washington is committed to ‘prevent’ such a scenario, prompting concern about mixed messaging.

The absence of Secretary of State Marco Rubio hung over the year’s first high-level meeting of the world’s largest economies, with diplomats fretting over turbulent times.

Foreign ministers from G20 countries will meet in Johannesburg on Thursday, but U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend amid diplomatic tensions between South Africa and the U.S. Diplomats including Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are expected to attend the gathering.