The U.S-China trade relationship has endured Covid and tariffs. Now alleged spy balloons are giving industries like retail another reason to move manufacturing.

The sanctions came just hours after an American military F-22 shot down the second “high altitude object” to enter U.S. airspace in the past week.

Senators were visibly angry as they pressed Pentagon officials on when they learned of the Chinese spy balloon, and why they waited so long to shoot it down.

The spy balloon is believed to be just latest of Chinese surveillance airships that crossed air spaces of the U.S. and dozens of other countries.

The balloon incident has strained the already fragile U.S.-China relationship.

The U.S. military on Saturday shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, according to media reports.

Chinese authorities said Friday that a suspected Beijing-operated spy balloon spotted hovering over sensitive U.S. airspace was in fact a civilian airship intended for scientific research.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will postpone his trip to China next week after a suspected Beijing-operated spy balloon looming over parts of Montana.