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What If Trump Is Just as Wrong About Tariffs As He was Kim Jong-un?
July 5, 2018
President Trump could be about to make the worst single decision of any president during my lifetime, and that includes the presidency of Richard Milhous Nixon. If Trump follows through and starts a new round of much more significant tariffs against Chinese products tonight, he could begin unraveling the relationship that has been developing for […]
The Critically Flawed Assumption Behind Trump’s China Bashing
June 20, 2018
President Trump’s top trade adviser Peter Navarro is quoted today as saying, “President Trump has given China every chance to change its aggressive behavior. China does have much more to lose than we do.” The size of American threats against China’s trade surplus now reach as high as $450 million. Navarro and Trump seem to […]
Trump’s Tariffs Against China Won’t Halt Its Technology Ambitions
June 18, 2018
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is right when he argues that the United States must move forcefully to enhance America’s leadership in technology and innovation. But tariffs won’t get the job done and will make U.S. companies in China even more tempting targets for government strong-arming. China has an industrial policy called “Made in China […]
Kristof Gets It Right: Trump Bamboozled Himself
June 13, 2018
Of all the commentary today, Nick Kristof has the sharpest focus here. President Trump gave more to Kim Jong-Un than any American president has ever given to the Kims and he got nothing tangible in return. Moreover, Trump has injected fresh elements of doubt into U.S. relations with Japan and South Korea by blindsiding them […]
If Trump Trashes NAFTA, Will The Jobs Come Home?
June 12, 2018
If the Trump administration makes good on its threat to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), chief executive officers will be forced to engage in a continental reshuffling of their manufacturing and distribution assets. It won’t be easy. And there’s no guarantee that it will bring back all the jobs that […]
Time To Begin The Real Debate About China and Technology
June 7, 2018
This article by Jacky Wong in today’s Wall Street Journal, pasted in below because of the Journal’s reg wall, makes it clear that stopping China’s technological ambitions is proving impossible despite the wild hopes that the Trump camp is displaying. Tariffs will never deter China’s goals of reaching world-class positions in key technologies, if not […]
