It comes as Beijing and Washington have been engaged in an escalating trade war

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Top defence officials said last week the Pentagon is intending to invest in domestic manufacturing to reduce its over-reliance on Chinese and other foreign-made parts in US weapons.

It comes as Beijing and Washington have been engaged in an escalating trade war as they go blow for blow in sanctioning severe sanctions.

Other areas of the report focus on "accelerating workforce development efforts to grow domestic science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and critical trade skills”.

Undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, Ellon Lord, said: "This assessment recognises the global nature of our supply chain and really addresses the need for strengthening alliances and partnerships so that we can jointly address industrial base risk.”