Report Card for Donald Trump

[Warren Dew]

(12-19-2016, 07:59 PM)Mikebert Wrote:

(12-10-2016, 01:50 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: China could reduce tariffs on our products, and improve intellectual property law enforcement.

Mexico could impose worker and environmental protections similar to our own to help level costs.

Why would they do that? What leverage would Trump have besides tariffs--which you seem to be ruling out.

Tariffs as a bargaining tool make sense.  Tariffs as a policy tool are idiotic.

But, with China at least, things have already gone way beyond tariffs.  At this point, the bargaining chips are the threat of US forces in Taiwan and China's building of artificial islands in the South China sea.

Trump is running way beyond his expertise with China. Hopefully he can pick someone more competent in that area and then shut up and let that someone deal with the situation.