In Trade War With U.S., China Gets the Upper Hand
Source: WSJ
So far, Beijing hasnt had to give up much to avoid the most punitive U.S. measures
By Greg Ip
May 22, 2018 5:30 a.m. ET
Among all the trade fights that President Donald Trump has picked, his hand against China is the strongest. That fight has economic, strategic and political logic that his confrontations with Canada, Mexico, Western Europe and Japan lack.
Yet China, incredibly, appears to be winning. Though it is still early days, China has thus far escaped the bulk of threatened U.S. tariffs while giving up almost nothing of substance.
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-shies-from-pressing-his-advantage-in-china-trade-fight-1526981400
Even the WSJ is not optimistic about trumps dealing with China
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rurallib
(62,406 posts)luc mont
(70 posts)Vladdy, Bibi, and Xi. Am I missing anyone?
keopeli
(3,508 posts)groundloop
(11,518 posts)None of this will matter, Fox Noise will spin this as a win for Spanky and his deplorable base will be happy.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)And for those who believe that he did or does,what can one say. Donald Trump is a total idiot,China played this idiot to no end. Trump gets 500 million for his Hotel in Indonesia . ZTE gets entry to the US,BTW,this company is Red Army baby. And if you have been paying attention,now we see a multi Billion Commodity buy coming in order to placate the Trump Voters in the Mid West.
Are we paying attention yet? Watch for more of this crap as the Rethugs lose ground in their Polls.
Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)Roy Rolling
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