Trump May Threaten Ban on Chinese Students in U.S. Universities

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Columbia University says it had 9,961 foreign students from China in fall 2023. Photo: The Editors.

Speculation is mounting that a ban on U.S. foreign students at American universities is among the non-tariff means President Trump will use to press Communist China for trade concessions. “We’re gonna make great deals, and we have all the cards,” Trump said at a press conference this week.

China had 289,526 students in the U.S. in 2022-2023, according to Open Doors, which tracks these numbers. The top receiving states are California, New York, and Massachusetts. U.C. Berkeley reports 2,739 students from China in fall of 2023, and Columbia University says it had 9,961 foreign students from Communist China in fall 2023.