In 2018, a bipartisan consensus finally emerged in the United States, which is based on the policy of containing China in the military and technological spheres, as well as avoiding the dependence of the American economy on the PRC. The main geopolitical event of 2018-2019 was the escalation of the confrontation between the two most powerful powers of our time - the United States and China. The most notable episodes of this confrontation were the Washington-declared trade war, as well as the October speech by US Vice President Michael Pence at the Hudson Institute, which is already being compared to Churchill's Fulton speech. 2019 has become no less difficult for the relations of the two superpowers.