The aim of this article is to present the U.S. trade and investment strategy during the George W. Bush presidency based on the National Security Strategy of 2002 and 2006. Moreover, the article confirms the hypothesis that indicates that the U.S. trading and investment strategy was strictly subordinated to geopolitical foreign policy goals. The work consists of an introduction and theoretical perspective, institutional and legal analysis of the American political and economic system, analysis of economic priorities of foreign policy strategy and trade and investment strategies towards selected regions of Latin America and the Southeast Asia and the Pacific. These issues are being presented through the prism of the theory of neoclassical realism – pointing to the role and importance of the President’s office in U.S. foreign policy, institutional liberalism, taking into account the role and importance of structuring global trade and investment relations and the theory of comparative advantage in American trade policy. Methods used include systemic, comparative, institutional and legal, and descriptive statistics, as well as case study technique.

The research purpose of the paper is to analyze the key assumptions outlined in the US National Security Strategy 2022. The paper will look for answers to the following questions: What is national security strategy? Is it an important document? What and for whom does it matter? What direction will US policy take under Joe Biden’s administration? What tools and methods will be used? What are the goals and priorities set in the document? Which countries are among the closest allies and biggest adversaries? What impact had the Russian aggression against Ukraine on the shape of the US National Security Strategy 2022? The main research method will be source analysis and criticism, as well as a comparative method to contrast the current NSS with previous ones. The research thesis assumes that the priority of the current US security strategy remains the one initiated during previous White House administrations – the rivalry with China, which in tandem with Russia aims to change the modern international order, threatening the national interests of the United States of America. The conducted analysis, on the one hand, confirms the thesis, and, on the other hand, points to inconsistencies in US strategic thinking (which takes the form of a “wish list”), which can significantly affect the effectiveness of the implementation of the set goals and objectives.